A group of civil society activists will launch a court bid to expose the secret funding of political parties. The court application has been launched by My Vote Counts (MVC) a non-profit company campaigning to improve the accountability, transparency and inclusiveness of elections, and political groups in South Africa. This[…]
The SABC faces a showdown in the Constitutional Court over the suspension of three journalists, a move that could bring into question the public broadcaster’s ability to report freely and fairly on the municipal elections in just over a month. The three editorial staff members are economics editor Thandeka Gqubule,[…]
The Constitutional Court is expected to announce its ruling on the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) voter address matter on Tuesday. The IEC filed an application with the Constitutional Court in April, asking it to set aside an Electoral Court ruling which it said could see millions of people[…]
The Constitutional Court is on Tuesday expected to hear suspended IPID boss Robert McBride’s challenge regarding Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s powers to suspend him. McBride does not think Nhleko was allowed to suspend him without consulting other members of Cabinet, in terms of the Constitution. As head of the Independent[…]
Can a practical, but legal, interim solution be found to ensure that upcoming local government elections proceed? This was the question posed by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng during yesterday’s Constitutional Court hearing. The court was hearing an application for leave to appeal by the Independent Electoral Commission against a judgment[…]
South Africans were delighted to witness a historic moment in South Africa’s democracy, in which the Constitutional Court of South Africa (ConCourt), in a unanimous judgement by all 11 judges, ruled that President Jacob Zuma must repay the cost of non-security upgrades of his Nkandla homestead. The ruling orders the[…]
As the Constitutional Court rules on the Nkandla matter on Thursday, South Africans will wait with bated breath to see what ramifications the judgment will have on President Jacob Zuma’s political career. The case relates to non-security upgrades – paid for by the taxpayer – to Zuma’s Nkandla homestead in[…]
The Constitutional Court will hand down its ruling on President Jacob Zuma’s failure to pay up for personal benefits gained from the construction at his Nkandla homestead on Thursday morning. Zuma was taken to the court after he refused to pay, but he back-tracked once there and said he would[…]
Although the High Court on Friday ruled that Police Minister Nathi Nhleko acted unlawfully in instigating a disciplinary hearing and suspending Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) boss Robert McBride, the decision would need to be validated by the Constitutional Court before he can return to work. Referring to her ruling[…]
The Constitutional Court is expected to rule on Tuesday in an application relating to a tender for the payment of social grants. Last year April, the Constitutional Court ordered the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) to start a new tender process for the payment of welfare grants. It said the[…]
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