The ANC is set to study the damning Constitutional Court judgement on the binding nature of the powers of the Public Protector, and the conduct of the president and National Assembly. ANC spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said in a statement that the party had noted the unanimous judgment. “The African National[…]
The Constitutional Court has given President Jacob Zuma just over three months to pay back the money for some of the upgrades to his Nkandla homestead. “The National Treasury must determine the reasonable costs of those measures implemented by the department of public works at the president’s Nkandla homestead that[…]
Oscar Pistorius on Thursday faced a return to jail after losing a final bid to appeal his murder conviction for shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius’s lawyers had applied for leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa, arguing that the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA)[…]
The Constitutional Court has asked all parties involved in the Nkandla court case, to inform it by 4pm on Friday if they accept President Jacob Zuma’s payment proposal. The Democratic Alliance, Economic Freedom Fighters and the Public Protector were set for a massive court showdown with President Jacob Zuma over[…]
President Jacob Zuma has appointed Justice Nonkosi Zoliswa Mhlantla as a judge of the Constitutional Court, the presidency announced on Monday. Mhlantla, who is currently a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal, will take up the new position from December 1, spokesperson Bongani Majola said in a statement. The[…]
The Constitutional Court will have the final say on whether Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s findings are binding. However, for now the Supreme Court of Appeal’s (SCA) judgment against the South African Broadcasting Authority (SABC) this week has set a precedent. The public broadcaster had ignored Madonsela’s rulings on chief operating[…]
The Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed a bid to have political parties disclose the sources of their funding. The Promotion of Access to Information Act (Paia) was the appropriate legislation for dealing with such matters, seven judges said in their majority judgment. The applicant, an organisation campaigning for greater transparency[…]
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela is yet to file court papers regarding the EFF’s upcoming Constitutional Court challenge on whether the findings in her report on Nkandla were binding. Spokesperson Kgalalelo Masibi, in an SMS to News24, said: “No, the public protector has not yet filed court papers.” City Press reported[…]
The Constitutional Court has dismissed a bid by Legal Aid SA to appeal a High Court judgment that it provide legal aid to miners arrested and injured during the strike at Marikana. The Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) said in a statement on Tuesday that a judgment in the High Court[…]
The DA is set to file court papers on Monday for direct access to the Constitutional Court relating to the Public Protector’s report on Nkandla. The party’s chair of the Federal Executive, James Selfe, said that the powers of the Public Protector needed to be safeguarded. “Legal certainty about the[…]
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