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The Constitutional Court will rule on whether parliament acted lawfully when it rejected a Section 89 panel report recommending an impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala scandal
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Ramaphosa mulls Simelane’s explanation on VBS loan

The president’s office said that he was mindful of the need for integrity in his cabinet This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The…

  • Emsie Ferreira
1 min read
Embattled Justice Minister Thembi Simelane. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Simelane says VBS fixer offered better loan terms than a bank

The justice minister said she had proof of the transaction and resisted suggestions she was caught in an untenable conflict of interest This content is restricted to registered…

  • Emsie Ferreira
1 min read
Several parties in the new governing coalition firmly supported Hlophe’s nomination, while the Inkatha Freedom Party stayed on the fence.
GLYNNIS BREYTENBACH

MPs give Hlophe three weeks to make final representations

An initial letter from the suspended judge president revisited arguments he raised in his failed court bid to overturn a finding of impeachable misconduct

  • Emsie Ferreira
5 min read
Parliament’s portfolio committee on justice on Wednesday resolved to ask for a briefing from the Judicial Service Commission as the first step in the impeachment of retired, disgraced justice Nkola Motata
FREEDOM UNDER LAW

MPs begin process to impeach ‘drunk judge’ Motata

The portfolio committee on justice will invite the Judicial Service Commission to brief MPs on the process that has led to this point, 15 years after Motata’s conviction for…

  • Emsie Ferreira
6 min read
G4S is the world’s biggest private security company. (Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
FANNIE MASEMOLA

G4S playing hide-and-seek with parliament – committee chair

The portfolio committee for justice will summon the security company at the prison from which convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester escaped

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read