But how long he stays there is not a matter for the courts to decide By FRANNY RABKIN Former president Jacob Zuma Image: Bloomberg The Constitutional Court has dismissed an application for leave to appeal about former president Jacob…
A law student who stabbed two Pretoria police officers, allegedly believing they were criminals out to rob him, has succeeded in having his murder conviction and life sentence overturned by the Constitutional Court. Liqhayiya Tuta was…
The Constitutional Court has denied a rescission application brought by former president Jacob Zuma on Friday September 17. Zuma had submitted the application in a bid to have the court’s earlier judgment, sentencing him to 15 months’…
Former president Jacob Zuma is guilty of contempt of court for failure to comply with an order of the Constitutional Court to honour a summons to appear before the state capture commission, the apex court found on Tuesday. Handing down…
On Wednesday, former president Jacob Zuma said he would not be filing an affidavit to the ConCourt – and in a 21-page letter to chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, he explained why. The directive from the Constitutional Court to former…
Former president Jacob Zuma says he will not subject himself to “an oppressive and unjust court system”. He said this in a late night statement after the Constitutional Court on Thursday heard argument by the state capture inquiry, which…
Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) spokesperson Carl Niehaus has laughed off suggestions that members of the organisation should be jailed alongside former president Jacob Zuma. The association had vowed to “protect”…
In December 2010, a woman was assaulted, dragged into bushes, tied up, blindfolded and raped, apparently by more than one man, for more than 15 hours. Now she has taken her case to the highest court in the land, arguing that police failed…
Former president Jacob Zuma must face arrest for defying the Constitutional Court by refusing to testify before the Zondo commission. This is the view of EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. Ndlozi said if Zuma does not get arrested for flouting the…
Former president Jacob Zuma has vowed not to co-operate with the state capture commission despite a ruling by the Constitutional Court compelling him to do so. This decision will put Zuma squarely in contempt of the highest court in the…
The state capture commission has welcomed a Constitutional Court ruling that former president Jacob Zuma must appear before the commission. On Thursday, the country’s apex court ordered Zuma to abide by a summons and appear to give…
Former president Jacob Zuma’s conduct towards the state capture inquiry was “a deliberate stratagem” to run out the lifespan of the inquiry and thereby avoid accounting for his alleged criminal behaviour, the Constitutional Court heard on…
The Constitutional Court will on December 29 hear an urgent application to force former president Jacob Zuma to testify before the state capture commission. In an order issued on Friday, the country’s highest court said the hearing would…
Constitutional Court judge Johan Froneman has retired, capping a judicial career spanning 26 years. The office of the chief justice said in a statement on Thursday that Froneman, 67, was born and raised in the Eastern Cape. After…
The DA has threatened further legal action against Gauteng local government MEC Lebogang Maile should it win its Tshwane case. This comes as the DA is expected to square off with the Gauteng provincial government in two courts over the…
