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FILE: Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule appeared before the Bloemfontein High Court for a pre-trial of his corruption case on 10 June 2022. Picture:: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News

Constitutional court

Magashule loses last legal bid to overturn suspension as ANC secretary-general

By Tshidi Madia

The Constitutional Court has dismissed his application for leave to appeal, explaining that there is no reasonable prospect for success.

  • FILE: This is accordance to the Legal Practice Act that only allows South Africans and permanent citizens to be admitted as lawyers, despite non-citizens still being able to study the profession in higher education. Picture: Giammarco Boscaro/Unsplash

    Non-citizens can't practice law in SA, ConCourt rules

    Refilwe Moloto speaks to director of Asylum Seeker, Refugee and Migrant Coalition, Muchengeti Hwacha, about the Constitutional Court ruling against foreign nationals without permanent residence enrolling as legal practitioners in the country.

    9 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

    Justice Minister Lamola welcomes ConCourt ruling on Legal Practice Act

    Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s decision not to confirm a ruling that had declared the Legal Practice Act unconstitutional.

    10 days ago
  • File. In February, the High Court’s ruling came before the Constitutional Court for confirmation. But the Constitutional Court has now declined to confirm it. Picture: Freeimages.com

    ConCourt closes door on foreign nationals being admitted as lawyers

    Justice Zukisa Tshiqi - who penned the unanimous decision - found that while the right to choose your trade, occupation or profession freely was enshrined in section 22 of the constitution, the right was only extended to citizens

    11 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe. Picture: GCIS

    Judge John Hlophe is on the cusp of suspension

    The Judicial Services Commission said it deliberated on the matter at a meeting on Monday and resolved to recommend the president suspend Hlophe.

    18 days ago
  • FILE: The application was, however, dismissed on Tuesday with the Constitutional Court finding it didn’t have the requisite jurisdiction to grant the relief they were seeking. Picture: SAPS.

    ConCourt dismisses bid for authorities to re-allocate SAPS resources in WC

    The application was brought on the back of a landmark 2018 judgment, which for the first time in South Africa’s jurisprudence, recognised poverty as a ground for unfair discrimination.

    24 days ago
  • FILE: Former South African President Jacob Zuma removes his eyeglasses as he addresses the media at his home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal on 4 July 2021. Picture: Emmanuel Croset/AFP

    Battle lines drawn as Zuma medical parole matter heads to SCA

    This is on the back of legal challenges from the DA, the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) and AfriForum.

    30 days ago
  • FILE: Former President Jacob Zuma at the state capture inquiry in Johannesburg on 17 November 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Manyi: The day of Zuma's arrest is one of the darkest in SA's history

    The foundation is marking a year since Zuma was jailed for contempt of court in July 2021.

    37 days ago
  • FILE: Officials enter the Estcourt Correctional Centre, where former South African president Jacob Zuma began serving his 15-month sentence for contempt of the Constitutional Court, in Estcourt, on 8 July 2021. Picture: AFP

    A year since Jacob Zuma went to jail, some supporters still unhappy with ruling

    The Constitutional Court ruled that Zuma be incarcerated last year and was on this day taken a prisoner.

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

    Political parties still divided on having independent candidates in Parliament

    Constitutional Court granted Parliament a six-month extension to finalise the Electoral Amendment Act, which opens the door for independent candidates to take on political parties in national and provincial elections.

    43 days ago
  • FILE: An Independent Electoral Officer (IEC) opens a ballot box as counting begins at the Addington Primary School after voting ended at the sixth national general elections in Durban, on 8 May 2019. Picture: AFP

    Electoral Amendment Bill: ConCourt explains extension granted to Parly

    Parliament is still trying to finalise the Electoral Amendment Bill, which came before the home affairs committee this week.

    44 days ago
  • Minister of Small Business Development Khumbudzo Ntshavheni at an inter-ministerial briefing on 24 March 2020 detailing how government will respond ahead of and during the 21-day lockdown announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN.

    ConCourt rules Ntshaveni's analogue switch-off deadline was unlawful

    The apex court ruled that the process followed by Ntshavheni to determine the deadline for South Africa’s switch from analogue to digital was unlawful and unconstitutional.

    46 days ago
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    ConCourt ruling on burial of foetus will help parents find closure - NPO

    An activist said that a recent ruling from the Constitutional Court confirming that bereaved parents had the right to bury a foetus would help provide closure.

    54 days ago
  • Copyright : Danil Roudenko / 123rf

    NPO welcomes ConCourt ruling on burying early-term foetuses

    Last year, the Pretoria High Court found that foetuses which didn’t survive past 26 weeks were effectively considered “medical waste” and so couldn’t be buried - and this is what the group has been challenging.

    55 days ago
  • Copyright : Danil Roudenko / 123rf

    'Inhumane' to deny parents right to bury foetus younger than 26 weeks - activist

    Lester Kiewit spoke to Sonja Smith of Voice of the Unborn Baby, about the ConCourt ruling relating to the rights of parents who want to bury a foetus younger than 26 weeks.

    57 days ago
  • Picture: SAPS.

    President Ramaphosa appoints Owen Rogers as a ConCourt judge

    The Presidency describes Rogers as a highly experienced judge who has served at the Western Cape division of the High Court.

    66 days ago
  • FILE: Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo handed the first part of the state capture report over to President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 4 January 2022. Picture: GCIS.

    Chief Justice Zondo’s probe into Abramjee SMS scandal expected soon

    Chief Justice Raymond Zondo is investigating an SMS sent by legal commentator Ismail Abramjee to Parliament’s legal counsel about a Constitutional Court judgment before it was handed down.

    71 days ago
  • Chair of the state capture commission Raymond Zondo (L) handed over the first of the report to President Cyril Ramaphosa (R) on 4 January 2022. Picture: GCIS.

    Ramaphosa: Zondo elected as chief justice for certainty in judiciary leadership

    Ramaphosa has again had to step in and defend his appointment of Raymond Zondo as the country's new chief justice in March.

    89 days ago
  • FILE: The Constitutional Court. Picture: EWN

    Blind SA challenging apartheid-era Copyright Act in ConCourt

    Under the apartheid era Copyright Act, it's practically impossible for most people with visual and print disabilities to access versions of published works in, for example braille, without risking falling foul of the law.

    93 days ago
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