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Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
The initial commitment, informed by the constitutional dream of the struggle, has been trundled underfoot by ministers and presidents
Preserving the rule of law in times of political crisis
This is an edited version of the Inaugural Arthur Chaskalson Memorial Lecture delivered at the Equal Education Law Centre
JSC lets politics trump conscience and excellence
The sense that the commissioners who nominated five candidates for appointment to the Constitutional Court voted for their constituencies, rather than with their conscience, is…
The Constitutional Court’s spanking judgment does not pander to public opinion
"We have a painful and shameful history of widespread and institutionalised violence."
Mogoeng absent for more than half of ConCourt judgments
His absences from court this year have been criticised, but the Chief Justice defends his contribution to the judiciary
The death penalty and judges who had to apply it
Franny Rabkin tracks down the court records of two young men sentenced to death by two very different judges
SAPS was ‘assisted’ with food parcels at Marikana
A Lonmin employee maintains he "wouldn’t have an idea" why an entry regarding food parcels for SAPS was deleted from the mine’s occurrence books.
Applause for Mogoeng’s judicial cadenza
Unexpected progressiveness from Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng is drawing a chorus of approval in legal circles.
Former chief justice Chaskalson laid to rest
Former chief justice of the Constitutional Court, Arthur Chaskalson, has been laid to rest in a small, official funeral.
SA mourns former chief justice Arthur Chaskalson
Tributes to former chief justice Arthur Chaskalson continued to pour in from political parties, the legal fraternity and civil society on Monday.
Chaskalson embraced a courageous role against apartheid: Zuma
President Zuma has sent condolences to the family of Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson who passed away in Johannesburg.
Power of constitutional review is real issue behind attack on judiciary
Attacks on the judiciary are unwarranted.
Ngcobo uproar: You snooze, you lose, says Zuma
President Zuma says those who feel the extension of Chief Justice Ngcobo’s term is unconstitutional should have spoken up when the law was drafted.
Petition in defence of Tutu
Prominent people have signed a petition in support of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, after he was labelled an anti-Semite for his views on Israel.
Top SA Jews slam Gaza attack
The call is part of a growing demand by Palestinian sympathisers to investigate the role of South African Jews in the IDF.