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Motsoaledi tore up policy paper in scrapping Zimbabwe exemption permit, court hears
The Helen Suzman Foundation argued in court this week that the home affairs minister mislead permit holders and failed to give them a fair chance to regularise their status
Zuma’s private prosecution bid is a mirage, say lawyers
The former president’s counsel was misreading the law in an attempt to pin charges on state prosecutor Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan, the court heard
High court hears debate on whether secret ballot serves constitution
The question over dismissing the Ngcobo report was whether MPs had a primary duty to hold the president to account or be accountable to voters
Mkhwebane’s suspension rests on facts, not optics, Concourt hears
Advocate for the president tells the apex court the high court finding that her suspension was retaliation was refuted by the ample grounds for the decision
Zuma’s charges against Downer and Maughn to be heard in 2023
But both advocate Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan have brought applications, to be heard in December, to have the case thrown out as an abuse of process
Can Mkhwebane suspend order on constitutionality?
The Western Cape high court heard extensive argument on Friday as to whether the suspended public protector could be returned to office
Message that prompted Mkhwebane case postponement was ‘innocent’
But observers said the damage was done, delaying impeachment proceedings and providing more ammunition for political attack on the apex court
Sinister message to counsel caused postponement in Mkhwebane’s latest court bid
The high court postponed the public protector’s bid to stem her suspension after a text message that would suggest, if legitimate, that constitutional court judges were leaking…
Concourt hears landmark ‘Slapp’ defamation and free speech case
The case isn’t only about environmental lawyers and activists being slapped by ‘rapacious’ miners with a series of defamation lawsuits, but about the rule of law
‘Steinhoff cannot cherry pick the PwC report for the public’
The retail firm has not established why the contents of the 3 000-page report is privileged, counsel argued. And even if it had, the report’s release is ‘in the public’s interest’
ConCourt reserves judgment on bid to appeal Mkhwebane ruling
Parliament and the Democratic Alliance are challenging the high court ruling that a judge may not form part of the panel conducting a preliminary inquiry as to whether there are…
‘You have no power to postpone elections,’ DA tells ConCourt
The ANC and the DA have blamed the Electoral Commission of South Africa for ‘waking up late’ to request a postponement of the local government elections
‘We want to breathe fresh air’
The landmark Deadly Air Mpumalanga case has pitted two environmental justice groups against the state
Right to clean air ‘progressively realisable’ in polluted Mpumalanga Highveld, court hears
State argues dirty air can’t be ‘miraculously’ fixed overnight in final day of proceedings in landmark Deadly Air case
Landmark Deadly Air case: 10 000 deaths annually can be avoided
There is no legal mechanism in place to implement and enforce measures to prevent toxic air pollution in the Highveld