President Jacob Zuma may appeal an order forcing him to hand over a report on the 2002 Zim elections to the M&G.
Unexpected progressiveness from Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng is drawing a chorus of approval in legal circles.
Two Free State school governing bodies must review their current pregnancy policies, the Constitutional Court has ruled.
Zanu-PF officials are anxious that a report by South African judges on Zimbabwe’s 2002 election could soon be made public, party insiders say.
Zanu-PF is worried that Khampepe documents may open rifts in the party ahead of elections.
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/ 29 November 2011
The Constitutional Court has sent the <em>M&G</em>’s application to have a controversial report on the 2002 Zimbabwe elections back to the high court.
Sisi Khampepe’s extended sick leave could leave the Constitutional Court without a quorum, possibly abandoning the John Hlophe misconduct hearing.
Judgment reserved in Jacob Zuma’s last attempt to conceal judges’ assessment of 2002 election
The Constitutional Court, in a landmark judgment opened up space for miners suffering from compensatable diseases.
The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> has again won in its bid to obtain a confidential report on the 2002 Zimbabwe presidential election.
In a victory for the <I>M&G</I> and access to information in SA, a judge has ordered a secret report on the 2002 Zimbabwe election be released.
Lawyers described the government’s contention that SA judges sent to Zimbabwe in 2002 on a confidential diplomatic mission as "nonsense on stilts".
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/ 18 September 2009
The Judicial Service Commission’s grilling of candidate judges for the Constitutional Court positions kicks off in Soweto on Sunday.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the South African Police Service are hard at work repairing their relationship ahead of a planned merger with the Scorpions, NPA acting head Mokotedi Mpshe said on Wednesday. ”We’re focusing primarily on salvaging whatever relations there are,” Mpshe told reporters in Johannesburg.
President Thabo Mbeki’s role as a mediator in the Zimbabwean crisis took another knock after disclosures that he ignored the advice of two judges he commissioned to observe that country’s 2002 general elections. Mbeki commissioned judges Sisi Khampepe and Dikgang Moseneke to observe the controversial Zimbabwean election in 2002.
The African National Congress (ANC) said on Tuesday the Khampepe report highlighted many of its concerns about the Directorate of Special Operations (DSO), which led to its resolution to have the unit moved to the police. ”That report raises the same concerns we are raising, which led to the raising of the ANC resolution,” said the party’s secretary general.
Debate on the future of the Scorpions gained new steam on Monday as the government released a report from an inquiry it had commissioned into the elite detective unit. The Scorpions still have a role to play in the country’s crime-fighting efforts, states the report that was submitted to President Thabo Mbeki two years ago.
The existence of the Scorpions is ”as valid today as it was at conception”, says the Khampepe report released on Monday. ”Despite indications that crime levels are dropping, it is my considered view that organised crime still presents a threat that needs to be addressed through an effective comprehensive strategy,” states the report.
President Thabo Mbeki’s government has approved the disbanding of the elite Scorpions crime-fighting unit, bowing to pressure from supporters of rival Jacob Zuma who accused it of political abuse. Mbeki’s Cabinet adopted two Bills last week paving the way for the end of the Directorate of Special Operations.
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/ 3 November 2007
The police are obliged to investigate fraud and corruption charges against Scorpions boss Gerrie Nel if a criminal complaint has been brought, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) said on Friday. This would be necessary, even if the complaint was the latest salvo in the police’s ongoing spat with the Scorpions, said senior researcher Jake Moloi.
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