The initial commitment, informed by the constitutional dream of the struggle, has been trundled underfoot by ministers and presidents

This is an edited version of the Inaugural Arthur Chaskalson Memorial Lecture delivered at the Equal Education Law Centre

The sense that the commissioners who nominated five candidates for appointment to the Constitutional Court voted for their constituencies, rather than with their conscience, is…

"We have a painful and shameful history of widespread and institutionalised violence."

His absences from court this year have been criticised, but the Chief Justice defends his contribution to the judiciary

A Lonmin employee maintains he "wouldn’t have an idea" why an entry regarding food parcels for SAPS was deleted from the mine’s occurrence books.

Unexpected progressiveness from Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng is drawing a chorus of approval in legal circles.

Former chief justice of the Constitutional Court, Arthur Chaskalson, has been laid to rest in a small, official funeral.

Tributes to former chief justice Arthur Chaskalson continued to pour in from political parties, the legal fraternity and civil society on Monday.

President Zuma has sent condolences to the family of Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson who passed away in Johannesburg.

Attacks on the judiciary are unwarranted.

President Zuma says those who feel the extension of Chief Justice Ngcobo’s term is unconstitutional should have spoken up when the law was drafted.

Prominent people have signed a petition in support of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, after he was labelled an anti-Semite for his views on Israel.

The call is part of a growing demand by Palestinian sympathisers to investigate the role of South African Jews in the IDF.

In the first in a series of articles, Sello S Alcock looks at the careers of the founding Constitutional Court judges.

Former chief justice Arthur Chaskalson defended his successor, Pius Langa, in a letter on Tuesday, saying Langa has shown ”commendable leadership”.

Leading legal professionals have dismissed suggestions that the Constitutional Court is in disarray and that it suffers from poor leadership.

Dozens of prominent South Africans have signed a statement condemning a racist video that surfaced at the University of the Free State (UFS) last month. The list of 81…

South Africans need to defend the notion of a fair trial in relation to Jacob Zuma, said African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee member Mathole Motshekga at…

High-profile criminal cases involving senior South African officials have renewed fears among opposition parties and the legal community that judicial independence may be at…