In August, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) heard Rohde's challenge to his conviction and effective 20-year sentence for the murder of his wife, Susan, in Stellenbosch back in 2016.
In April last year, government announced relief of R200 million for once-off payments to businesses affected by closure due to the lockdown. However, the minister then said that not everyone qualified under BBBEE requirements.
The PEC wants the Supreme Court of Appeal judgement which found that the 2018 election of the PEC was unlawful and unconstitutional set aside with costs.
The names of shortlisted candidates will now be sent to President Cyril Ramaphosa for final appointments.
The court ruled against the Gauteng government's appeal application of an earlier decision that set aside its actions.
In the matter between the provincial government and the DA, the SCA found that the Pretoria High Court was correct to conclude that the running of Tshwane by an unelected administrator was the antithesis of democratic and accountable government as enshrined in the Constitution.
Chief financial officer, Casper Coetzer, said that the Office of the Chief Justice was facing compulsory budget cuts of R258m in the next financial year and a further cut of R350m in 2023.
Fita had approached the Supreme Court of Appeal after The High Court in Pretoria dismissed its bid to appeal an earlier ruling that upheld the ban.
Fita approached the court last week to appeal the High Court decision to dismiss its challenge against government’s cigarette ban.
With SA the only country to have enforced a ban on the sale of tobacco products to mitigate effects of COVID-19, Fita said it had studied the latest judgment and was adamant that it stood on sound reasonable ground to have the ban overturned.
The investment vehicle was deemed an excluded asset in a 2019 South Gauteng High Court ruling.
It was revealed in the latest judiciary report that the high courts had finalised 81% of the more than 13,000 criminal cases brought before them between last year April and March this year.
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng said that according to the judiciary’s annual report, several courts were under extreme pressure because of the high volume of cases.
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project is the biggest bi-national infrastructure project between the mountain kingdom and South Africa.
The ANC councillor was sentenced to two years behind bars in 2018, on a charge of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
This comes after the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) dismissed petitions by Omotoso and his two co-accused to force the judge to step down from the matter.
The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein last week upheld Jiba’s appeal against the High Court’s ruling which struck her and Mrwebi from the roll of advocates.
The court on Friday morning overturned a six-year sentence handed down by the High Court in Pretoria and replaced it with a sentence of 13 years and five months.
