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Zondo moots constitutional amendment

The chief justice suggested changing the requirement that members of the apex court decide new applications

A general view of play at sunset during day two of the First Test match between Australia and India at Adelaide Oval on December 18, 2020 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Kalisz – CA/Cricket Australia via Getty Images)

The nightmare that almost stole summer

We’ve had to fight for the right to bask in the sun to the sound of ‘pock, pock, pock’ these holidays

Blind SA headed to high court over the Copyright Act

The organisation argues that the Copyright Act is unconstitutional because it violates the human rights of blind people. The case will be heard on 21 September

December 8 2018: Paul David signs a Consulate Six poster at an In Conversation with Paul David tribute event held at the 1860 Heritage Centre in Johannesburg. (Photograph by Satish Dhupelia)

Paul David stared down political Goliaths

The lawyer, whose sense of justice stayed with him till his death, was an unassuming but essential part of South Africa’s ongoing struggle for equality – and he never forgot his…

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French presidents ‘tried to torpedo SA arms deal probe’

An arms deal insider has quit the People’s Tribunal on Economic Crimes after claiming French leaders tried to quash the probe into Thales and Thint.

Property owners and investors in Joburg’s inner city say the increase in the hijacking of buildings by illegal occupants is costing them millions.

Landlords have to pay for housing for evicted people and other myths

We dispel some of these myths using what we already know when it comes to evictions and temporary alternative accommodation.

There is a silent nostalgia for Mbeki to return to the country’s mainstream political discourse. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Mbeki launches veiled attack on Zuma for disregarding the Constitution

Thabo Mbeki believes the responsibility for SA’s failure to achieve its constitutional ideals lies firmly at the feet of its leaders.

ANC veterans tell President Zuma to step down

ANC veterans and civil society members met at the steps of the Concourt on Wednesday and demanded that President Jacob Zuma resign.

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JZ ignores damning NPA report

Recommendations against the key actors in the Richard Mdluli fraud case have gone unheeded.

NPA: Nxasana fights back against JZ

The man Jacob Zuma appointed as head of the National Prosecuting Authority, Mxolisi Nxasana, has won a meeting with No 1 to discuss his suspension.

Yacoob: I did not say I would have found Zuma guilty of rape

Former justice Zak Yacoob says reports on his comments missed his point: that the sexual history of witnesses in rape trials are irrelevant.

ConCourt reserves judgment in ANC Free State case

Women in ConCourt row won’t go away

With criticism about an all-male candidates list ringing in its ears, the Judicial Service Commission will interview candidates in Johan­nesburg.

Yacoob hopes for more women in Constitutional Court

Former Constitutional Court Justice Zak Yacoob hopes President Jacob Zuma will reject an all-male list of candidates to replace him.

Constitutional icon Yacoob keeps the faith

Justice Zak Yacoob is retiring from the court, but not the overarching democratic project. Niren Tolsi spoke to him.

Top judge defends judicial dissent after Zuma criticism

Top judge defends judicial dissent after Zuma criticism

Acting deputy chief justice Zak Yacoob has defended SA’s highest court, saying dissenting judgments demonstrated rigour and debate in the ConCourt.

Court slams the incredible Mr Simelane

Justice Department DG received a harsh rebuke from Constitutional Court judges this week over a challenge regarding the dissolution of the Scorpions.

Zuma case: Lawyers scrap over warrants

African National Congress president Jacob Zuma sat quietly in the front row of the Constitutional Court on Tuesday, listening to his legal team challenge the validity of the…

Top court stops Jo’burg evictions

The City of Johannesburg cannot evict inner-city tenants living in central Johannesburg unless adequate alternative accommodation is provided, the Constitutional Court ruled on…

Delays in judgement payments slammed

After meting out a severe tongue-lashing over the behaviour of the state attorney and director general of justice’s offices on Thursday, the Constitutional Court said it wanted…