The opposition party has argued that the high court failed to follow the pronouncements of the appellate court on the test for a secret ballot on a National Assembly vote
Justice Mahube Molemela said she would retire in the position, abandoning her earlier ambitions for a seat on the constitutional court
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With only three candidates shortlisted, the JSC will again not be able to fill a vacancy that arose at the constitutional court in late 2021
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The party is also dealing with an internal revolt by its councillors over its coalition with the ANC and Economic Freedom Fighters
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Pistorius, who killed Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, will only become eligible for parole in August next year
The Road Accident Fund said it could not heed a high court order to pay R301 million to Sunshine Hospital that is dedicated to crash victims
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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
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The presidency has described the decision by the Democratic Alliance (DA) to challenge the declaration of a national state of disaster over Eskom as “confusing” given that the party had been asking the president to do so since last year. DA leader John Steenhuisen confirmed on Friday that the party had already briefed its legal […]
Legal precedent favours the ATM in its application to have parliament’s vote on the Ngcobo report overturned but the speaker says the court erred
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Molemela joined the appellate court four and half years ago and fills the vacancy left by Deputy Chief Justice Mandisa Maya
The opposition party argues that the speaker failed to apply the established test for calling a secret ballot when she declined to do so
Charge instituted on the eve of the ANC’s elective conference where Ramaphosa is seeking a second term in the presidency
The courts must be commended for upholding the law, but the Ngcobo report brings a new challenge
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There is no taste of presidential power for presidential hopefuls Lindiwe Sisulu or Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma — now or in December
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The court strongly criticised last month’s statement by the department of correctional services that Zuma was a free man
The former president’s 11th-hour bid to appeal to the apex court on his standing as a prosecutor was not properly filed, hence the arms deal trial should resume
It’s the latest, and last available, attempt to appeal the dismissal of his plea that Billy Downer and the NPA can’t prosecute him in the arms deal case
Judge Sulet Potterill told the JSC the battle to bring women into the highest echelons of the judiciary will be won
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The apex court said it was not in the interests of justice to allow an appeal in this instance
NPA prosecutor says the sum is needed as security for legal defence costs in a matter seen as another bid by Zuma to delay his arms deal trial
Court challenge and naming of new rival will not stop Saturday’s proceedings
Legal teams argued that the only remedy was for Zuma to return to prison, but his advocate countered that at this late stage, it would amount to a fresh sentence
The supreme court of appeal asked how it could accept this when the medical reports had been redacted
Maya will be South Africa’s first female judge to hold the position and will now be in line, if tradition is followed, to succeed chief justice Raymond Zondo in 2024
South African judges are expected to adjudicate complex and serious issues, but how can they do so without libraries, telephones, laptops and an internet connection?
In her interview for the position of deputy chief justice, the appellate court president said she tried to resolve woes in the general office that has delayed cases involving Jacob Zuma but faulted the office of the chief justice for not stepping in
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Former president argues that SCA president Mandisa Maya misdirected herself when she dismissed his appeal
The government was given 12 months to amend the regulations and make them constitutionally compliant, but this process was delayed by a constitutional court challenge by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.
The office of the chief justice said it was regrettable that SCA president Mandisa Maya was being blamed for the delay
The Pietermaritzburg high court was surprised by the delay in Bloemfontein but said it would likely not be the last
Argument against the residential leases programme court ruling will be heard at the supreme court of appeal
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The appellate court said the Strategic Fuel Fund tried to play the victim when it was the author of the tainted sale of the country’s entire crude oil reserves