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FILE: As one of the most marginalized communities, the amendment will "expand the boundaries of inclusivity" for people with hearing disabilities, something integral to our Constitution. Picture: Pixabay.com

Constitution

Expanding inclusivity: Why making SASL an official language matters

By Devon Thomas

Refilwe Moloto spoke to Justice Ministry spokesperson Chrispin Phiri about amending the Constitution to include South African Sign Language as the 12th official...

  • Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg on 22 July 2019. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/Eyewitness News

    Mkhwebane defence lawyer lodges grievances about her impeachment hearing

    Bruce Whitfield gets an update on the Public Protector's impeachment inquiry from legal journalist Karyn Maughan.

    26 days ago
  • FILE: In his final report, Zondo called for electoral reforms, questioning the way a president could conduct himself the way Jacob Zuma did. Picture: GCIS

    Zondo recommendation to amend Constitution not judicial overreach - analyst

    Analyst Mike Law says the recommendation that Parliament change the Constitution for the direct election of the president was a 'soft' suggestion from Zondo and not a direct instruction.

    48 days ago
  • Chief Justice Raymond Zondo hands President Cyril Ramaphosa the final part of his report into state capture on Wednesday, 22 June 2022. Picture: GCIS

    Zondo: Constitution should be changed to allow for direct election of president

    This is just one of the far-reaching recommendations contained in volumes five and six of the final report of the State Capture commission of inquiry that he chaired.

    53 days ago
  • FILE: Lindiwe Sisulu. Picture: @The_DHS/Twitter.

    Lindiwe Sisulu called before ANC integrity commission over opinion piece

    In the written piece, Lindiwe Sisulu said that the Constitution was not advancing the course of justice and made derogatory comments about black judges in the country.

    192 days ago
  • Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo being interviewed on 3 February 2022 by the Judicial Service Commission for the Chief Justice position. Picture: @OCJ_RSA/Twitter

    Chief Justice candidate Mlambo aims to strengthen independence of judiciary

    Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo said that seven pillars underpinned his vision for the judiciary if he was appointed to the top job.

    193 days ago
  • FILE: ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the party's January 8 statement at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, Limpopo on 8 January 2022. Picture: @MYANC/Twitter

    Ramaphosa: ANC, alliance partners reaffirm support for Constitution, judiciary

    According to ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, the alliance movement reaffirmed its support and distanced itself from narratives that stripped away at its transformative intent and gains.

    203 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: GCIS

    Ramaphosa: South Africans must guard against efforts to diminish democracy

    President Cyril Ramaphosa said that South Africans needed to protect the Constitution, the democratic state and electoral process from those seeking to weaken democracy and hard-won freedom.

    210 days ago
  • FILE: Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu. Picture: @DWS_RSA/Twitter

    Casac: Minister Sisulu should be fired for attack on Constitution, judiciary

    Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has questioned why poverty was allowed to exist under a globally celebrated constitution while launching an attack on the judiciary and black judges in particular.

    210 days ago
  • FILE: Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu. Picture: @The_DHS/Twitter

    Sisulu will likely have to explain opinion piece to ANC - Besani

    The African National Congress (ANC)'s head of presidency Sibongile Besani said that it made no sense to claim that the Constitution had serious shortcomings when it had not been stretched to its fullest capacity.

    213 days ago
  • Minister Lindiwe Sisulu. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News

    Sisulu's attack on judiciary, Constitution about ANC presidency bid - analyst

    Last week, Sisulu wrote an article for IOL about what she said was legitimised wrongdoing under the rule of law that had enabled a sea of African poverty in the country, while she used derogatory language referring to the country’s black members of the judiciary.

    213 days ago
  • FILE: A National Assembly hybrid plenary sitting in line with COVID-19 regulations on 27 August 2020. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter

    Agribusiness welcomes ANC's failure to amend Constitution for land expropriation

    The African National Congress (ANC) was dealt a heavy blow when most parties rejected the 18th Constitutional Amendment Bill, with the matter many now believe is water under the bridge.

    229 days ago
  • FILE: Retired Justice Johann Kriegler. Picture: Mia Lindeque/Eyewitness News

    Kriegler lashes NPA, SAPS, says SA nowhere near realising ideals of Constitution

    Former Justice Johann Kriegler said that the criminal justice system, which should be dealing with the scourge of corruption in South Africa, faced huge challenges.

    247 days ago
  • FILE: @Constitution.Hill/Facebook.com.

    South Africans urged to play a role in ensuring constitutional ideals realised

    Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola hosted a webinar on Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing into law of the Constitution and International Human Rights Day.

    247 days ago
  • FILE: Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola addresses the media in Pretoria during a virtual Cabinet briefing on 6 August 2020. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter

    WATCH LIVE: Webinar on SA celebrating 25th anniversary of the Constitution

    Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola is hosting a webinar on Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Constitution being signed into law

    248 days ago
  • Rural women from the Western Cape marched to Parliament on 15 October 2020, demanding productive land, land expropriation and a basic income grant. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News

    Legislation needed for land restitution even if Constitution is amended - expert

    Constitutional law expert Wilmien Wicomb says the state needs to focus on ensuring there's a solid legal mechanism in place to conduct expropriation - an issue that's been before Parliament since at least 2008.

    249 days ago
  • FILE: Justice Minister Ronald Lamola. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/Eyewitness News

    Lamola: ANC’s failure to garner votes to pass land bill not surprising

    ANC MPs were dealt a blow yesterday when the proposed bill failed to pass muster in the National Assembly to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation.

    250 days ago
  • FILE: Former Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Ramaphosa calls on SA public to help choose next Chief Justice

    The term of the current Chief Justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng, comes to an end on 11 October.

    332 days ago
  • Speaker of the National Assembly Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter

    YONELA DIKO: Mapisa-Nqakula can usher in a new chapter for Parliament

    Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has been honing her skills as a political force since she was a young woman trying to find her own place in an ANC of larger-than-life comrades, writes Yonela Diko.

    341 days ago
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