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Parliament did not hold president to account‚ majority in ConCourt holds

The National Assembly had not held President Jacob Zuma to account as required by the Constitution‚ said Constitutional Court Justice Chris Jafta in the majority judgment he read on Friday. Justice Jafta said there were four judgments‚ two reaching a particular outcome and two with a different outcome. But Jafta said there was a majority judgment of the court. He said the application by the Economic Freedom Fighters and other […]

29 December 2017

Local

Mbete hands state capture ‘bribe’ affidavit to Zuma

National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete has handed a damning affidavit to President Jacob Zuma about allegations that a minister had tried to interfere in a state capture inquiry. Parliamentary public enterprises committee evidence leader Ntuthuzelo Vanara submitted the affidavit‚ claiming that state security minister Bongani Bongo had offered him a blank cheque to resign from the parliamentary probe into Eskom. “The president is acting on it as we speak and […]

28 November 2017

Local

IEC in massive drive for a fair voters’ roll

The Independent Electoral Commission has launched a massive online campaign to confirm and collect addresses of 26-million voters for a credible voters’ roll in time for the 2019 national elections. This after the bruising Constitutional Court judgment in June last year that the IEC had failed to collect and maintain addresses for a credible voters’ roll. In 2016‚ the Electoral Court ordered the IEC to postpone by-elections in Tlokwe‚ North […]

11 October 2017

Local

Sassa confident of meeting grant deadline

Government has assured the nation that the social security agency (Sassa) will be able to meet the Constitutional Court deadline to set-up a partnership with the Post Office for the payment of social grants by next year. This follows chairperson of the Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Themba Godi's statement. He says Sassa officials have failed to provide details on whether the Post Office will be able to take […]

2 October 2017

Local

New homeowners not liable for old owners’ unpaid bills

The Constitutional Court has saved new homeowners from being held liable for the debts of their predecessors on the property. In a unanimous judgment, the court ruled on Tuesday that municipalities can no longer saddle new homeowners with rates, water or electricity bills left by previous owners. A number of new property owners had complained that they were being denied services because municipalities insisted on historical debt being paid by […]

30 August 2017

Local

Constitutional Court dismisses ANC’s logo case

The African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape has lost its Constitutional Court bid to challenge the City of Cape Town's change of its logo. The Constitutional Court dismissed the application with costs. In 2014, the ANC in the Democratic Alliance (DA)-led City of Cape Town approached the courts when the city rebranded itself and introduced a new logo. They accused the city of arrogance and lack of consultation […]

1 August 2017

Local

Opposition praises ConCourt secret ballot ruling

Opposition parties have celebrated the Constitutional Court ruling that National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete has the constitutional power to prescribe a secret ballot in a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma. UDM leader Bantu Holomisa said that his party has been vindicated and is pleased that members of parliament will now be "constitutionally free" to vote with their conscience. "The UDM is vindicated because we asked the Speaker […]

23 June 2017

Local

Speaker has power to decide on secret ballot: ConCourt

The Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that a secret ballot is permissible in a vote on a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma. The United Democratic Movement (UDM) approached the court last month‚ asking it to order that the vote be conducted by secret ballot. Mogoeng said the court could not make such an order‚ given the separation of powers doctrine‚ but the ruling put the decision in […]

22 June 2017

Local

Constitutional Court to rule on motion of no confidence secret ballot

The Constitutional Court will on Thursday make its ruling on the UDM's application to force National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete to conduct the vote of no confidence on President Jacob Zuma as a secret ballot. Political parties were due to debate a motion of no confidence on Zuma on April 18 but the UDM, Economic Freedom Fighters and Democratic Alliance asked for a postponement after the Constitutional Court allowed the […]

22 June 2017

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