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Sars appeals to ConCourt to keep Zuma’s tax secrets
The high court ruled banning the release of tax information was unconstitutional. Sars disagrees, saying is not only wrong but makes an exception of the former president
High court orders release of Zuma’s tax files to media
The court held that sections of the law providing for absolute taxpayer secrecy posed an unconstitutional limitation on the right to information and gave parliament two years to…
SCA overturns ruling that held level-four lockdown regulations were unconstitutional
The initial challenge to the restrictions was so vaguely argued that the high court appeared to have chosen to see a case where there was none, the SCA found
Department of basic education edges closer to releasing matric results
The basic education department has said that it is almost done with the marking process and that the capturing of marks is in progress.
‘Decision not to rewrite has caused a crisis,’ says basic education head
The high court has set aside the decision by the department and education quality assurer Umalusi that matrics would have to rewrite two subject leaked just before the matric exams
‘No national matric rewrite’, says court
This follows an urgent application by individual learners and Sadtu, who wanted the court to set aside a decision by the department for a rewrite of two leaked matric exam papers
Matric results may be withheld if rewrite decision is set aside
The Pretoria high court will rule tomorrow on the case of a rewrite of two matric exam papers that were leaked, after learners and a teachers union challenged the decision in court
Dlamini-Zuma seeks to appeal the judgment that set aside lockdown regulations
Reyno de Beer had ‘raised an attack … on unidentified regulations, on undisclosed grounds and for unknown reasons’
High court strikes down ‘paternalistic’ lockdown regulations
The order of unconstitutionality has been suspended for two weeks