Constitutional Law
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Zimbabwe: When the grave digs itself
Zimbabwe's proposed Constitution Amendment Bill No 3 extends presidential terms and criminalises communication with foreign entities, threatening the core of the country's…
Dr Sithelo Magagula
Dr Sithelo Magagula is proving that scholarship and legal practice need not exist in separate worlds. A director at Finger Attorneys, he works at the intersection of public…
Dimakatso Nchodu
Dimakatso Nchodu is building a career at the intersection of constitutional law, judicial accountability and social justice. As a research and advocacy officer at the Democratic…
The missionaries are back – this time with American money
South Africa's abstention from an African inter-parliamentary charter defining marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman highlights a tension between its progressive…
SIU wins R646 million contract case, AECOM ordered to repay state
The matter stems from a project intended to prevent the Richards Bay area from running out of water. The contract value was inflated from an initial R407m
Tanzania’s media barred from covering post-election violence victims’ testimonies
The Presidential Commission conducting the inquiry said this was intended to protect the privacy of those giving testimony
Malema’s darkest hour looms
The possibility of its leader being jailed means the party faces an unprecedented leadership issue
Malawi’s constitutional standoff
President vetoes attempt by lawmakers to amend the constitution to retain control
Ramaphosa bypasses shortlisted candidates, appoints Andy Mothibi as new NPA head
The president picked the SIU head after an advisory panel found none of the six candidates interviewed late last year suitable for the post
Concourt reserves judgment on MK party’s challenge to Ramaphosa suspending police minister
The party argued that the president’s placing Senzo Mchunu on special leave and appointing Firoz Cachalia, who was not a member of the cabinet, as acting minister was…
Hlophe’s return would undermine integrity of JSC, court told
The unrepentant conduct of the impeached-judge-turned-politician makes him unsuitable for a body that chooses and disciplines judges
Mafora’s ‘legal fictions’ nullify constitutional supremacy
In systems of constitutional supremacy, constitutions may introduce legal fictions, but legal fictions may not be introduced into constitutions, like the Expropriation Act does
MK party’s treason case against AfriForum ‘legally unfounded’
Lobbying does not come near the definition of treason, according to legal analysts
JSC selects Mabindla-Boqwana to head ‘notoriously troubled’ Western Cape court division
The commission selected an outsider over five local candidates to steady a division long headed by John Hlophe