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Parliament postpones Judicial Services Commission vote after John Hlophe is nominated
ANC chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli said more consultation was needed before the legislature elected representatives to the commission
High court says Zimbabwe Extension Permit stands pending any appeal
An application for an enforcement order was hence dismissed as unnecessary because the permit holders already had this protection under an earlier interim order
Civil rights group seeks reprieve for Zimbabwe permit holders
Helen Suzman Foundation argues if reprieve is not granted, the government is likely to deport Zimbabweans en masse at the end of the year
Government asks litigants for submissions on Zuma’s fate
Correctional services wants input as it considers a court order that says the former president must return to jail because his medical parole was unlawful
This is why termination of Zimbabwe special permits was declared unconstitutional
The home affairs minister’s decision was unconstitutional and procedurally unfair, the Pretoria high court found
Home affairs department extends Zimbabwe permits by six more months to December
The permit, which has allowed tens of thousands of Zimbabweans to live, work and study in South Africa, was initially to be terminated in December 2022
Constitutional court closes door on Manuel Chang extradition tussle
The apex court has denied the government of Mozambique leave to appeal a high court ruling ordering the government to surrender Chang to the United States
Motsoaledi tore up policy paper in scrapping Zimbabwe exemption permit, court hears
The Helen Suzman Foundation argued in court this week that the home affairs minister mislead permit holders and failed to give them a fair chance to regularise their status
Zuma’s private prosecution bid is a mirage, say lawyers
The former president’s counsel was misreading the law in an attempt to pin charges on state prosecutor Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan, the court heard
Zuma’s private prosecution of Downer is ‘diehard Stalingrad’
It is an abuse process designed to lay the ground for the next, counsel for the arms deal corruption prosecutor told the Pietermaritzburg high court
Two reports urge reform of JSC
There should be fewer MPs on the commission to limit political interference in judicial appointment, Freedom Under Law and the Helen Suzman Foundation argue
Hlophe goes to court to prevent his suspension
He argues in court papers that the JSC’s advice to the president to suspend him is a violation of the Superior Courts Act
Fraser broke the law because Zuma is not terminally ill, SCA hears
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
Fraser argues he could overrule parole board on ‘terminally ill’ Zuma
The supreme court of appeal asked how it could accept this when the medical reports had been redacted
Maya blames administrative lapses on former supreme court of appeal registrar
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…