Legal Articles and Guides
Bungle over salary increase judgment
Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba could face a jail sentence or pay a fine for contempt of court if she does not give a satisfactory answer to the Labour Court as to why her department ignored a court judgment to increase employees’ salaries, reports City Press.
Passport changes planned to stamp out fraud
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has announced changes to be implemented when collecting passports in a bid to clamp down on fraud, reports The Citizen.
Shack installers to pay back money
The company that billed the state a whopping R64 000 per shack structure wants to pay back some of the money it unduly received from the Department of Human Settlements, Water & Sanitation.
Office of Public Protector will not oppose court challenges
The Office of the Public Protector says it will not oppose any of the court challenges launched against Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane's latest report on SARS, including those launched by Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and the tax service.
R22m flag project still up for discussion
The controversial R22m national flag project at Freedom Park in Pretoria is not off the table yet. Cabinet's decision to erect a monumental flag and the review of the project as proposed will be referred to Cabinet for further discussion and a final decision, News24 reports.
Luxury car for mayor of cash-strapped municipality
The FF Plus in the Lekwa-Teemane local municipality – which comprises the towns of Bloemhof and Christiana in the North West – is planning to propose a motion of no confidence against the municipal mayor Sebang Motlhabi, reports SABC News.
Founding values of the Constitution unpacked
The parliamentary inquiry into Busisiwe Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office yesterday called in its first witness to give testimony on how the Public Protector must be ‘fit and proper’.
Historic Mkhwebane impeachment hearing begins today
A month of hearings looking into provisionally suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office starts today.
Parliament yet to move on Phala Phala scandal
Parliament is yet to take decisive steps to uncover the truth about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s international Phala Phala farm robbery scandal, after a second attempt by opposition parties to have Ramaphosa be held accountable has been unsuccessful.
Zuma must step aside from NEC
Former President Jacob Zuma – recently found by the Zondo Commission to have paved the way for state capture – should be barred from participating in ANC activities in line with the party’s contentious step-aside rule, according to ANC national executive committee (NEC) member and Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula.
Popia concern over publication of matric results
The Information Regulator says unless the Department of Basic Education gets parental consent, they will not be able to publish matric results, reports News24.
Court cancels ‘invalid’ tender
The Mpumulanga High Court (Mbombela) has ordered that a R2bn security tender awarded to 17 companies to guard all government buildings in the province be cancelled.
NPA slams ‘dangerous’ Gupta extradition reports
The NPA says reports about its apparent ‘poor handling’ of the extradition of the Gupta brothers from the UAE should be ‘dismissed as dangerous speculation,’ reports News24.
Another bid by ANC members to nullify results
Disgruntled ANC members in Sedibeng have gone to court to seek to nullify the results of an uncontested ANC regional conference and bar its executive from attending this weekend's provincial conference.
Ramaphosa rejects PP's suspension ultimatum
President Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected an ultimatum by Busisiwe Mkhwebane to reverse her suspension as Public Protector and signalled that he would oppose any attempt to overturn it in court, reports the Mail & Guardian.
