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Parly should have done more to manage govt's COVID-10 response, HSF tells court
The Helen Suzman Foundation wants lawmakers to come up with special legislation to govern the state’s fight against the pandemic.
The Gauteng Division of the High Court has on Thursday heard an urgent application seeking an order directing Parliament to pass special legislation for management of COVID-19 in South Africa.
The Democratic Alliance wants the court to compel adequate parliamentary oversight over the Disaster Management Act, while the Helen Suzman Foundation wants the court to force Parliament to make special laws around the regulations.
Vaal University of Technology lecturer Arvitha Doodnath was found dead inside her car that had bullet holes in Parktown on Saturday.
Law lecturer at Vaal University of Technology Arvitha Doodnath was found dead inside her car in Parktown on Saturday in what appeared to be an attempted hijacking.
The call followed the Constitutional Court’s adverse findings against Mkhwebane, confirming a punitive costs order against her.
Police Minister Bheki Cele says that he did not make a final decision on renewing the contract, but a preliminary decision.
Ipid head Robert McBride has approached the High Court in Pretoria to review and set aside the police minister’s apparent decision not to renew his five-year contract.
Parliament's Constitutional Review Committee is listening to oral presentations on whether the Constitution should be amended to make provision for expropriation without compensation.
The Constitutional Court ruling on Tuesday overturns the earlier findings of the Western Cape High Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal which found against the Helen Suzman Foundation.
In the majority judgment, the Constitutional Court found that a blanket ban on disclosure, rather than a fact-specific case for non-disclosure, is unjustifiable in an open and democratic society.
The Helen Suzman Foundation says its approached the courts because of the absence of any action by the relevant organs of state and law enforcement agencies.
Former President Kgalema Motlanthe has urged South Africans not to use old symbols that romanticise the past but to use their privilege to fight inequality and injustice.
The Helen Suzman Foundation, Section 27 together with Save SA says they want to assist with all the probes into the United Kingdom agency by adding a South African perspective.
Stephan Grootes says the Cabinet reshuffle may be the biggest political story of the year, but it is one judges won't enjoy.
The organisations say they want the speaker of the National Assembly to be directed to investigate Zuma's conduct, with a view to possibly remove him from office.
The High Court in Pretoria said its earlier order that Ntlemeza is not fit and proper for the position should be implemented immediately, even though he is still to appeal that ruling.
A full bench unanimously agreed that Nhleko’s decision was irrational and that Ntlemeza is not fit nor proper to hold the position.
Attorney Vlad Movshovich says the court’s decision is an endorsement of his clients’ arguments.