Legal Articles and Guides
Experts pour cold water on CR's review application
Some ANC MPs are planning to defy their party’s order to vote against adopting the Phala Phala report. At the same time, legal experts have weighed in on the prospects of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s review application to the Constitutional Court, saying it is doubtful that the report is reviewable.
Sisulu seeks legal advice over summons
Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Tourism plans to ask National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to discipline Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu after she failed to appear before the committee to account for her ministerial portfolio.
B-BBEE to remain
Leading up to the promulgation of the Public Procurement Bill, President Cyril Ramaphosa has clarified the intention of the Bill and the Preferential Procurement Regulations that were published last week.
End of the road for Quantum taxis
Toyota Quantum panel vans that have been converted into taxis will be entirely outlawed from February 2023, with those not voluntarily surrendered to the scrap yard facing being impounded, reports Business Insider.
Time to decriminalise sex work
While government has been toying with the idea of decriminalising sex work for almost two decades, it has hesitated to act with ‘the necessary courage’ to regulate the industry in a progressive way.
Russian mega yacht gets approval to dock
Government says it has ‘no reason’ to apply sanctions brought against Russian tycoon Alexey Mordashov and that his $500m mega yacht is free to dock in Cape Town, reports Business Tech.
Illegal car imports costing SARS R8bn
Kia SA MD Gary Scott claimed yesterday an estimated 440 000 illegally imported, used cars are travelling regularly on SA roads, costing the exchequer up to R8bn in lost taxes and posing a major risk to road safety.
Mayor moves to block Russian mega yacht
Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is moving to block a sanctioned R9bn superyacht – owned by Russian businessman Alexey Mordashov – from docking in the Mother City.
Rape convict back as Kannaland mayor
Disgraced Kannaland mayor Jeffrey Donson is back after regaining his position as mayor of the municipality, thanks to the success of several motions of no confidence in the current leadership.
Mkhwebane seeks leave to appeal reinstatement ruling
Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane will ask the Western Cape High Court for leave to appeal to the SCA the ruling that effectively keeps her from returning to office, reports News24.
Former CJ to chair Phala Phala panel
National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula last night announced the independent three-person panel that must determine whether there is a prima facie case for President Cyril Ramaphosa's impeachment over the Phala Phala scandal.
Rates reprieve for Johannesburg schools
The City of Johannesburg has offered to recalculate bills of hundreds of schools hit with hefty rates bills for July. At the end of July, 741 private schools and 921 public schools faced massive rates hikes as the new financial year saw the amended Municipal Property Rates Act come into effect.
State capture findings not binding
In what a City Press report describes as the most important indication yet that government will not implement all of the Zondo Commission’s recommendations, President Cyril Ramaphosa has made the point they are not binding.
ANC nomination rules shut door on Magashule
New ANC nomination rules for members wanting to stand for the national executive committee (NEC) in December have shut the door on suspended secretary-general Ace Magashule, reports TimesLIVE.
PP move against Ramaphosa rejected
Parliament’s Section 194 Committee tasked with determining Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office as Public Protector will not summons President Cyril Ramaphosa to testify, a move that raises the spectre of a further delay should Mkhwebane decide to resort to the courts on the matter.
