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The JSC in 2021 affirmed a finding by the Judicial Conduct Tribunal that Hlophe had committed gross misconduct by raising a pending ruling relating to former president and now MK party leader Jacob Zuma’s arms deal corruption case with two constitutional court justices. File photo

Parliament postpones Judicial Services Commission vote after John Hlophe is nominated

ANC chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli said more consultation was needed before the legislature elected representatives to the commission

Immigrants wait outside Home Affairs in Pretoria for days for permits. (Madelene Cronjé)

High court says Zimbabwe Extension Permit stands pending any appeal

An application for an enforcement order was hence dismissed as unnecessary because the permit holders already had this protection under an earlier interim order

Nowhere to go: Zimbabwean
special permit holders outside Home Affairs.
(Madelene Cronjé)

Civil rights group seeks reprieve for Zimbabwe permit holders

Helen Suzman Foundation argues if reprieve is not granted, the government is likely to deport Zimbabweans en masse at the end of the year

Former president Jacob Zuma. Photo: Supplied

Government asks litigants for submissions on Zuma’s fate

Correctional services wants input as it considers a court order that says the former president must return to jail because his medical parole was unlawful

Nowhere to go: Zimbabwean
special permit holders outside Home Affairs.
(Madelene Cronjé)

This is why termination of Zimbabwe special permits was declared unconstitutional

The home affairs minister’s decision was unconstitutional and procedurally unfair, the Pretoria high court found

Zimbabwean Nationals wait outside Home Affairs in Pretoria for days for permits in 2021. (Madelene Cronjé)

Home affairs department extends Zimbabwe permits by six more months to December

The permit, which has allowed tens of thousands of Zimbabweans to live, work and study in South Africa, was initially to be terminated in December 2022

Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang. (Wikus de Wet/AFP)

Constitutional court closes door on Manuel Chang extradition tussle

The apex court has denied the government of Mozambique leave to appeal a high court ruling ordering the government to surrender Chang to the United States

Long: Zimbabweans queue outside the home affairs office in Johannesburg. The government has decided to withdraw the special dispensation previously afforded to Zimbabweans. (Lebohang Masiloane/ The Times/Gallo Images)

Motsoaledi tore up policy paper in scrapping Zimbabwe exemption permit, court hears

The Helen Suzman Foundation argued in court this week that the home affairs minister mislead permit holders and failed to give them a fair chance to regularise their status

Former South African President Jacob Zuma. (Photo by Themba Hadebe / POOL / AFP)

Zuma’s private prosecution bid is a mirage, say lawyers

The former president’s counsel was misreading the law in an attempt to pin charges on state prosecutor Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan, the court heard

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Photo by Jerome Delay / POOL / AFP)

Zuma’s private prosecution of Downer is ‘diehard Stalingrad’

It is an abuse process designed to lay the ground for the next, counsel for the arms deal corruption prosecutor told the Pietermaritzburg high court

Misconduct: The JSC interviews have come under fire. (David Harrison/M&G)

Two reports urge reform of JSC

There should be fewer MPs on the commission to limit political interference in judicial appointment, Freedom Under Law and the Helen Suzman Foundation argue

John Hlophe was impeached for trying to sway two apex court justices to decide applications linked to the arms deal in Jacob Zuma’s favour. Picture: Werner Beukes/SAPA

Hlophe goes to court to prevent his suspension

He argues in court papers that the JSC’s advice to the president to suspend him is a violation of the Superior Courts Act

In August last year, Arthur Fraser, then the director-general of correctional services, ordered Zuma’s release from prison less than two months after he was jailed for contempt of court.

Fraser argues he could overrule parole board on ‘terminally ill’ Zuma

The supreme court of appeal asked how it could accept this when the medical reports had been redacted

Chief Justice Mandisa Maya. (Gallo Images / The Times / Simphiwe Nkwali)

Maya blames administrative lapses on former supreme court of appeal registrar

In her interview for the position of deputy chief justice, the appellate court president said she tried to resolve woes in the general office that has delayed cases involving…

Influence: Several political parties have voiced concern about overreach and lack of accountability in the judiciary. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Politically fraught JSC interviews may face legal challenge

President Cyril Ramaphosa is not bound by the recommendation put forth on Saturday by the JSC for the new chief justice

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Michele Spatari / AFP)

High court orders Zuma’s return to prison

The court set aside Arthur Fraser’s decision to release the former president on medical parole, rejecting his reasons as unconstitutional and irrational

Former president Jacob Zuma. (File photo)

UPDATE: High court hears pleas to return to Zuma to prison

Arthur Fraser had no discretionary power to grant Jacob Zuma’s release once the medical parole board found he did not suffer from a terminal condition, high court hears

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Kim Ludbrook/AFP)

Zuma’s high court bid to avert arrest hinges on jurisdiction, judge says

Dali Mpofu ‘kitchen-sinked’ the case for jurisdiction, but the Zondo commission will counter that the former president’s only avenue is the apex court

An appeal against the Khosa judgment on police brutality seems imminent after Police Minister Bheki Cele tried to do a deal with the Khosa family through their lawyers — asking them to abandon a crucial part of the court order in exchange for an expedited appeal process.  (David Harrison/M&G)

Cele must answer police committee over McBride’s job

The committee met on Thursday to set out a programme for dealing with the matter of whether or not to renew Ipid boss Robert McBride’s contract

National Director of Public Prosecutions

Axing Abrahams? Ramaphosa’s decision hinges on court rulings

Ramaphosa is waiting for two ConCourt judgments before acting on NPA boss’s position, a parliamentary reply has revealed