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ConCourt refuses Zuma’s urgent appeal of high court interdict halting Ramaphosa’s private prosecution

The Constitutional Court has, in a three-line order, refused a bid by former president Jacob Zuma to appeal against the high court interim interdict that halted his private prosecution of President Cyril Ramaphosa. The apex court said on Thursday it had considered the application for a direct appeal and “concluded no case has been made for a direct appeal”. The former president was seeking to appeal against an interim interdict […]

11 August 2023

Local

Zuma vs Ramaphosa heads to the ConCourt

The JGZ Foundation spokesperson Mzwanele Manyi has confirmed that former president Jacob Zuma has turned to the Constitutional Court for leave to appeal the judgment which saw President Cyril Ramaphosa obtain an interim interdict in January. A full bench of the High Court in Johannesburg granted the interdict pending the outcome of Ramaphosa’s challenge to the private prosecution bid against him scheduled to be heard in May. Zuma launched the […]

8 February 2023

Local

ConCourt to hear OUTA’s application regarding AARTO Act

NATIONAL The Constitutional Court will on Tuesday hear an application by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) for the confirmation of an order made by the High Court in Pretoria, declaring the AARTO Act and the Amendment Act unconstitutional and invalid. The High Court handed down its judgment earlier this year. AARTO is the legislation that provides for the penalising of drivers and operators of motor vehicles guilty of traffic […]

16 November 2022

Local

Parliament’s ConCourt deadline to amend the Electoral Act a month away

LOCAL Parliament has exactly a month left to meet the extended Constitutional Court (ConCourt) deadline to rectify the defect in the Electoral Act. The national legislature was ordered to ensure that the act allows independent candidates the constitutional right to participate in national and provincial elections. This came after the New Nation Movement and a group of other independent candidates successfully challenged the constitutionality of the act. Constitutional Court Justice, Mbuyiseli […]

10 November 2022

Local

Gov issues final deadline for set-top box installations: Minister Ntshavheni

LOCAL The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has announced a new and final deadline of the 30th of September 2022 to apply for government set-top boxes for qualifying low-income households. This comes after the Constitutional Court set aside the Minister’s October 31, 2021 deadline for indigent households’ application government for government set-up boxes. In addition, it annulled the Minister’s earlier decision that established the 30 June 2022 deadline for […]

8 July 2022

Local

IEC scrambles to meet ConCourt election deadline

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is rushing to meet Monday’s deadline to consider whether it would be practically possible to hold another voter registration weekend this month. On Friday, the Constitutional Court ruled against the IEC's application to postpone the election until February next year. It ruled that the local elections must be held on any day between 27 October and 1 November and further ordered the commission to determine […]

5 September 2021

News

Official complaint about attorney who used ‘ninja’ slur in ConCourt hearing

NATIONAL A professional misconduct complaint has been laid with the Legal Practice Council (LPC) against an attorney who allegedly accused a senior counsel, dressed in a hijab, of “dressing like a ninja” to put “on an act” for the day’s proceedings at the Constitutional Court. Nazreen Bawa was representing the Women’s Legal Centre in a case about the recognition and regulation of Muslim marriages. Yasmin Omar was the attorney for […]

8 August 2021

News

ConCourt to hear IEC’s election postponement application on August 20th

NATIONAL The Constitutional Court is expected to hear the Independent Electoral Commission’s request to postpone the local government elections later this month. The commission filed an urgent application to have the gazetted date of 27 October 2021 postponed to February 2022. The IEC further requested that the court declare all municipal councils remain competent until then. This after a report by retired deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke, which found that […]

7 August 2021

Local

Jacob Zuma is in isolation in prison ‘as per Covid-19 protocol’

Former president Jacob Zuma is in isolation at Estcourt Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal, correctional services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo confirmed on Thursday morning. “As per all new admissions due to Covid-19, he is in isolation.” Nxumalo said he had not checked on Zuma on Thursday morning, therefore he could not give details on how the former president was faring during his first few hours behind bars. Minister of justice and correctional […]

8 July 2021

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