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During the hearings from Monday to Wednesday, the Judicial Service Commission will be hoping to fill the last remaining vacancy on the constitutional court
Stellenbosch University’s future success requires white people within its wider community to articulate anti-racism as a genuine political position.
The high court said Western Cape judge president’s arguments were either not sustainable or worthy of a review application and held that the Judicial Service Commission’s…
Why do religious leaders feel no compunction to harm their followers, when they could ‘pray for the destruction of a satanic vaccine’ instead?
Every judgment in favour of the government is not an indication of a captured court. The fact that we may argue about findings publicly shows how far South Africa is from, for…
We must hold faith that law will prevail
The former president reiterates that he is a political prisoner as he resumes the attacks that contributed to his prison sentence for contempt
Former president Jacob Zuma fails to meet requirements in his application to set aside his contempt order and prison sentence
In what may prove to be a first in our legal history, the constitutional court on 12 July heard an application for the rescission of an earlier judgment delivered on 29 June.
It was the women in Jacob Zuma’s life who threw the former South African president’s character flaws into sharpest relief. And it was women who ultimately brought him down
Gender-based violence starts with words, it starts at home when boys learn that girls are inferior
The former president’s prison security will be handled by correctional services and there will not be given bodyguards or special security
The former president was admonished by a male judge during his trial for rape and responded meekly
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
In court papers, the commission argues that his application for rescission of his 15-month sentence fails the test of the court rule on which it seeks to rely
In an address to his supporters, the former president referred to a conspiracy against him, involving Thuli Madonsela, the judiciary and his political rivals
The commission will oppose the former president’s application and was directed to file papers to the court next week
After all, it would be hard to appear on the arms deal corruption case if he were serving time for contempt of court and the Zondo inquiry
The former president pleads that he never attended to attract the fire of the constitutional court with his quest for Zondo’s recusal
