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The Judicial Service Commission interviews candidates for positions as judges. The Gauteng high court has set aside recommendations for Constitutional Court judges. File photo.Picture: Trevor Samson

High court sets aside ‘politicised’ JSC ConCourt recommendations

The decision by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to recommend five judges for two appointments on the Constitutional Court has been officially set aside by a Gauteng high court order on Wednesday. In terms of a settlement agreement…

Blade Nzimande says a funding crisis already exists within public colleges, which are funded at about 62% instead of 80%. File photo.Picture: GCIS

War is deadly’: Nzimande warns against Nkandla anarchy

SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande has warned against the incitement of civil war, as often chaotic scenes played out in Nkandla this week. Nzimade also called on law enforcement agencies to investigate and bring to book those who…

The Constitutional Court will on Tuesday hear a case involving a woman who is taking on the police over their alleged failure to properly search for her when she was missing or to find her rapists.Image: JAMES OATWAY

Woman takes police to ConCourt for not finding her or catching her rapists

In December 2010‚ a woman was assaulted‚ dragged into bushes‚ tied up‚ blindfolded and raped‚ apparently by more than one man‚ for more than 15 hours. Now she has taken her case to the highest court in the land‚ arguing that police failed…

The EFF’s Mbuyiseni Ndlozi says Zuma must be arrested for defying the ConCourt order. File photo.Image: Brian Witbooi/The Herald

‘Arrest Zuma’- Mbuyiseni Ndlozi calls for Jacob Zuma’s head after ConCourt defiance

Former president Jacob Zuma must face arrest for defying the Constitutional Court by refusing to testify before the Zondo commission. This is the view of EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. Ndlozi said if Zuma does not get arrested for flouting the…

SA’s best legal minds to debate spanking in the home

The Constitutional Court will on Thursday consider the constitutionality of corporal punishment in the home. SA’s top court prohibited corporal punishment in detention settings in 1995 and in schools in 2000; this case deals with a…

ConCourt strikes powerful blow in favour of peaceful protest

The Constitutional Court on Monday struck down a law which made it a criminal offence to convene a peaceful march without notifying the responsible officer of a municipality. The court also set aside the convictions of 10 people‚ found…