No image available
/ 15 February 2012
The DA has asked the Supreme Court of Appeal to follow a broad approach to give the DA legal standing to get records from the NPA.
The opening of the brand-new main court of the SCA was an opportunity to "increase awareness about the services offered by the Supreme Court of Appeal
Defence lawyers for former national police chief Jackie Selebi have completed their presentation to the Supreme Court of Appeal.
Three Constitutional Court judges have allegedly refused to sit on Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s misconduct case.
Despite low interest rates, nearly 50% of credit active people are falling behind in repayments.
The Supreme Court of Appeal delivered a landmark judgment that sealed the <i>M&G</i>’s victory in a five-year legal battle with the public protector.
"The public protector must not only discover the truth, but must also inspire confidence that the truth has been discovered," said the SCA.
Taxpayers have footed massive bills for the legal wrangle of Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe and the end is not yet in sight.
Seven of the 11 sitting judges of the Constitutional Court would be in conflict and unable to hear an appeal from Judge John Hlophe.
The arms deal has shown that all issues of public conduct must be transparent.
Judge President John Hlophe is likely to face a fresh inquiry by the JSC into allegations that he tried to influence judges of the Concourt.
Former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi has been granted leave to appeal against his conviction by the Supreme Court of Appeal.
There was uncertainty over the JSC’s five-day schedule of interviews of prospective judges after the first round of interviews was scrapped on Monday.
Judge John Hlophe appears before the JSC on Saturday after suffering a ”mischievous bout of influenza” which put paid to an earlier hearing.
John Hlophe made various demands of the JSC when it reconvened on Wednesday and threatened a court interdict to stop the hearing if they were not met.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s appeal to the Constitutional Court could result in a recusal of the judges who laid the complaint against him.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe will take his challenge to the complaint against him to the Constitutional Court, his lawyer confirmed on Wednesday.
The detention and deportation of Pakistani national Khalid Mahmood Rashid from South Africa to Pakistan in 2005 were unlawful, the SCA held on Tuesday
The JSC said it has barred the public from its Hlophe hearings to protect the ‘dignity and stature’ of the high office occupied by the feuding parties
The Supreme Court of Appeal on Tuesday upheld an appeal by judges of the Constitutional Court relating to a dispute with judge John Hlophe.
The NPA has filed papers at the Supreme Court of Appeal for leave to appeal against a ruling ordering it to hand over documents to Jackie Selebi.
The JSC will hear the matter relating to Cape Judge President John Hlophe between April 1 and 8, spokesperson Marumo Moerane said on Wednesday.
There was neither a factual nor legal basis for a high court finding that John Hlophe’s rights had been violated, the SCA heard on Monday.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s legal team withdrew an application for the recusal of SCA deputy president Louis Harms in Bloemfontein on Monday.
A R29-million tender awarded by Eskom to Kwanda Ferro-Alloy African Resources was fatally flawed, the Supreme Court of Appeal held on Friday.
No image available
/ 23 February 2009
Nine Supreme Court of Appeal judges will sit on an appeal against a high court judgement in favour of Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
Judge President John Hlophe has returned to
work, stirring controversy and speculation, write
Nic Dawes and Sello S Alcock.
No image available
/ 19 January 2009
Jacob Zuma’s graft case and ‘tensions’ within the ANC involving President Kgalema Motlanthe are on the agenda of the party’s Monday committee meeting.
No image available
/ 18 January 2009
Supreme Court of Appeal deputy president Louis Harms did more than reinstate 18 serious criminal charges against South Africa’s president-in-waiting.
No image available
/ 15 January 2009
The National Prosecuting Authority must drop graft charges against Jacob Zuma, ANC youth leader Julius Malema said on Thursday.
No image available
/ 15 January 2009
The ANC won’t change the Constitution to protect Jacob Zuma from corruption charges, party youth leader Julius Malema said on Thursday.
No image available
/ 14 January 2009
Lawyers for ANC president Jacob Zuma will approach the Constitutional Court for leave to appeal against this week’s Supreme Court of Appeal ruling.