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’…
The Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) has officially launched a bid in the Constitutional Court to postpone the fifth local government elections. This after its decision to adopt the Moseneke report which recommended elections be deferred…
The former president’s lawyers say in a letter to the Constitutional Court that police had informed them that they would make an arrest on Wednesday. Former president Jacob Zuma made an eleventh-hour appeal on Wednesday night to stop his…
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…
Media Brief from the National Employers’ Association of South Africa (NEASA) Employers’ contributions cannot be backdated by Jaco Swart The Constitutional Court, on November 19, confirmed an earlier judgment of the High Court which…
Minister of justice and correctional services Ronald Lamola has published a draft law regulating legal dagga possession in SA, ahead of its submission to parliament. The Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill comes after a Constitutional…
Former president Jacob Zuma has tweeted an apology for claiming on the social media platform in 2019 that former minister Derek Hanekom was a “known enemy agent”. Zuma lost a bid to challenge an earlier court ruling, that found he had…
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 Constitutional Court has dismissed Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s appeal against a high court judgment which ordered that she personally pay 15 percent of the costs from her own pocket in a case involving the South African…
Following the recent judgement by the Constitutional Court, there has been some uncertainty as to what the ruling on the private use, possession or cultivation of cannabis (cannabis sativa, cannabis indica and cannabis ruderalis…
South Africa’s highest court ruled on August 13 2018 that Advocate Shaun Abrahams was not validly appointed to lead the National Prosecuting Authority because he had benefited from former President Jacob Zuma’s abuse of power. Justice…
