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Attorney Chinette Gallichan was shot in broad daylight outside the offices of the Council for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) in the Johannesburg CBD

Chinette Gallichan killed in Johannesburg CBD: ‘attack on rule of law’

Labour lawyer Chinette Gallichan was fatally shot outside the CCMA offices in Johannesburg CBD. Civil society groups say the attack represents a threat to South Africa’s rule of…

The former national director of public prosecutions, Shamila Batohi. (Photo by Phill Magakoe/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Bess Nkabinde shuts down NPA’s push to lead its own evidence against Chauke

While the NPA argued the Nkabinde enquiry had become adversarial the panel chairperson Bess Nkabinde said the Prosecuting Authority cannot play referee in its own case

Former KZN DPP Moipone Noko. (@NPA_Prosecutes/X)

Nkabinde inquiry: former KZN DPP defends Chauke’s role in Cato Manor case

Advocate Moipone Noko said she supported and later took over the prosecution led by Andrew Chauke in the high-profile Cato Manor case

Former National director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi. Photo:   X

Shamila Batohi opts out of Nkabinde inquiry, pending legal advice

The inquiry is discussing how to proceed with the withdrawal of the outgoing national director of public prosecutions, who is the main complainant

Crisis: Malawian President Peter Mutharika’s veto exposes a legislature willing to override judicial authority in order to retain control over billions
of Malawi kwacha in public development funds. Photo: State House Malawi

Malawi’s constitutional standoff

President vetoes attempt by lawmakers to amend the constitution to retain control

Andy Mothibe has been appointed as the new national director of public prosecutions. File photo by Paul Botes

Ramaphosa bypasses shortlisted candidates, appoints Andy Mothibi as new NPA head

The president picked the SIU head after an advisory panel found none of the six candidates interviewed late last year suitable for the post

Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Ngcukaitobi grills Batohi on disciplinary action against South Gauteng prosecuting head Andrew Chauke

Ngcukaitobi accused the national director of public prosecutions of punishing Chauke for doing his job

Former National director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi. Photo:   X

Six candidates shortlisted to lead NPA when Shamila Batohi’s term ends in January

Interviews for the shortlisted candidates will take place on 10 and 11 December, and the public is invited to submit comments on the nominees

Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. (SAPS/X)

Mkhwanazi warns Madlanga commission of ‘risk of total collapse’ in justice system

The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said his testimony will first deal with the disbanding of political killings task team in the province and then the influence of criminal…

The policy prohibits consensual sexual intimacy in court buildings and discourages romantic relationships between members of the judiciary.

Judiciary adopts sexual harassment policy to curb abuse of power

The policy prohibits consensual sexual intimacy in court buildings and discourages romantic relationships between members of the judiciary

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’s return would undermine integrity of JSC, court told

The unrepentant conduct of the impeached-judge-turned-politician makes him unsuitable for a body that chooses and disciplines judges

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Mafora’s ‘legal fictions’ nullify constitutional supremacy

In systems of constitutional supremacy, constitutions may introduce legal fictions, but legal fictions may not be introduced into constitutions, like the Expropriation Act does

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How misuse of the sub judice rule undermines democracy and free speech

There is a growing trend of public officials exploiting the rule to evade scrutiny and accountability

There is a significant gap between the institutionalisation of democracy and how it is experienced. Photo by Delwyn Verasamy

The problem in South Africa is not democracy but a lack of democrats

For a democratic culture to exist there must be leaders and citizens who behave democratically — and they need to be educated about democracy to do that

Acting Deputy Chief Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga

Chief justice interviews: Mbuyiseli Madlanga

In an answer to a predictable question, the constitutional court justice cautioned that unfounded attacks on the judiciary risked undermining its legitimacy and the rule of the law

Lindiwe Sisulu
(2004-09; 2014-18
and 2019-21). (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Sisulu ‘crossed line’ and must withdraw ‘insult’ to judiciary – Zondo

The acting chief justice accused the minister of breaking her oath to respect the Constitution by questioning the rule of law and branding African judges as slaves of oppressive…

Funeral pyres: We were just starting to hope for a post-pandemic future at the beginning of 2021, says the author, when the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19 was discovered and news images of public cremations in India shocked the world. Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP

2022 must be a year of action

The government’s most urgent to-do list: vaccinate, stimulate the economy, and return the rule of law

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Editorial: Despite Zuma saga, the law will prevail

We must hold faith that law will prevail

The 2021 July riots were the most widespread, coordinated, and visible instance of looting in South Africa.

The effects of the recent looting on South Africa’s young democracy

Rebuilding is crucial, but democracies cannot allow themselves to be held to ransom by the destruction of anarchists in dictating where public funds should be spent

(Phill Magakoe/AFP)

Zondo welcomes Zuma’s 15-month sentence

The Zondo commission says the Constitutional Court sentence vindicated the rule of law and the authority of the courts