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Former president Jacob Zuma at the uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) party rally at Orlando Stadium in Soweto. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G
ARTICLE

MK party’s boycott threat is legal nonsense

Parliament can proceed to elect the president without the party’s 58 MPs present

  • Emsie Ferreira
5 min read
National director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi. (Photo by Gallo Images / Sunday Times / Alaister Russell)
ATUL GUPTA

NPA must move fast for SA to escape grey list’s grasp

The National Prosecuting Authority is ready to act on state capture crimes but whether it has the ability to do so has been questioned

  • Emsie Ferreira
  • Sarah Smit
8 min read
Tricky: Chief Justice Raymond Zondo hands President Cyril Ramaphosa the State Capture Report, which contains 353 recommendations on criminal sanction. (Ntswe Mokoena)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Many of Zondo’s state capture recommendations are a political problem for Ramaphosa

The president’s compromise on what state capture recommendations can be implemented was expected

  • Emsie Ferreira
7 min read
The constitutional court has granted parliament an extension of the deadline set in its New Nation Movement NPC ruling in 2020 to amend the Electoral Act to allow independent candidates to be elected to the national and provincial legislatures (David Harrison/M&G)
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

Concourt gives parliament until December to amend Electoral Act

The reprieve came on the day the 18-month deadline to amend the Act to allow independent candidates to stand for the national and provincial legislatures expired

  • Emsie Ferreira
3 min read
“Smith and Boucher are greatly loved by a segment of the South African cricketing public, in whose eyes they can do no wrong. Challenging or criticising them is apparently an act of treason.” (Photo by Lee Warren/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
CRICKET SA

Boucher, Smith fiascos symptomatic of sordid legacy at Cricket South Africa

Because of what history has bestowed on the board it will take a long time to restore trust and credibility

  • Richard Calland
10 min read
In its new report, Freedom Under Law says the caseload of the apex court has tripled, leading to delayed judgments that negatively affect public confidence in the judiciary (Renata Larroyd)
BASHIER VALLY

Recommendations for ConCourt appointments set aside, JSC to conduct new interviews in October

This move comes after allegations that the initial deliberations to fill two vacancies at the apex court were compromised by blatant politicking

  • Sarah Smit
2 min read
Defiant response: Supporters of former president Jacob Zuma gather outside the Zondo commission in 2019. Zuma has since flouted three summonses to appear before the inquiry. (Guillem Sartorio/AFP)
ARMS DEAL CASE

The trouble with clamouring for the Constitutional Court to rule on Zuma

Despite the public interest in the ruling, the commission’s deadline has become irrelevant as it abandoned hope of forcing the former president to testify

  • Emsie Ferreira
7 min read
Caught in the crossfire: Judge Dhayanithie Pillay was one of the candidates interviewed y the JSC in April to flll two vacancies at the Constitutional Court, although she did not make the shortlist. Photo: Paul Botes
CASAC

High court calls meeting on bid to halt ConCourt appointments

Casac has launched an unprecedented bid to have the politics-laden interview process to fill vacancies at the apex court started from scratch

  • Emsie Ferreira
3 min read
All rests in the hands of Acting Chief Justice Sisi Khampepe, who, as the acting chairperson of the JSC, decides how to respond to Casac’s papers.
BASHIER VALLY

Bid to halt ConCourt appointments puts Khampepe and Ramaphosa on the spot

The Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution argues that politicking tainted the Judicial Service Commission’s selection process

  • Emsie Ferreira
5 min read
CASAC

‘Scrap Ingonyama’s unlawful leases’

Customary law and residents’ customary rights have been degraded, the high court has heard

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
ALAN WINDE

What if Ramaphosa gets sick?

Senior South African politicians have not been spared the coronavirus. What happens if the head of state is not well enough to be at his desk?

  • Lester Kiewit
4 min read
(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

ANC and the state step back from taking action against Zulu king’s land trust

Despite alleged abuses of power and people’s trust, the ANC appears to have abandoned plans to reform the controversial Ingonyama Trust Board

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
In full swing: Fundraising for Cyril Ramaphosa’s campaign to be elected as president of the ANC at the Nasrec conference in December 2017 worked like a well-oiled machine. (Paul Botes/M&G)
ADRIANO MAZZOTTI

Intra-party funding must be open

The CR17 campaign did nothing wrong legally but all political parties’ funds should be regulated

  • Natasha Marrian
6 min read
BRIGITTE MABANDLA

Commission ‘dealing’ with Pikoli hacker allegation

The Ginwala commission set up to inquire into the suspension of National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Vusi Pikoli said on Saturday it was aware that Pikoli is allegedly being…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
BRIGITTE MABANDLA

Inquiry turns down request for information on Pikoli

The Ginwala inquiry has turned down a request for access to submissions on suspended National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli, the inquiry said on Wednesday. ”I have…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read