This week’s victory for suspended Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) executive director Robert McBride in the Constitutional Court is the latest in several cases the government has lost before the court in recent months, according to a TimesLIVE report. Before the latest judgment‚ the court in March ruled that the failure by President Jacob Zuma to comply with the remedial action ordered against him by the Public Protector concerning the improvements at his Nkandla home was inconsistent with the Constitution.

The Department of Home Affairs also found itself on the losing end at the Constitutional Court in February when it sought to appeal against a SCA order which held that the department’s detention of 15 illegal foreigners in a prison was invalid. And in July‚ Land Access Movement of SA and other organisations were winners when the Constitutional Court declared invalid the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act and found that Parliament had failed to satisfy its obligation to facilitate public involvement.

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