Legal Articles and Guides
Findings report to be adopted tomorrow
The Section 194 Inquiry into suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane will meet tomorrow to consider correspondence and also adopt a draft report on its findings on her impeachment, says a Cape Times report.
Daughter loses bid to control mother’s finances
A full Bench of the Western Cape High Court has ruled a woman who was seriously injured in a car accident in August 2008 should remain under curatorship – despite an application from her daughter claiming her mother was capable of managing her own affairs.
Ruling on backdated pension fund changes overturned
The Constitutional Court yesterday ruled that all pension funds cannot simply backdate changes to their rules – however important – without first registering the change with the authorities, overturning a previous decision by the SCA.
Mkhwebane guilty of misconduct
Suspended Public Protector (PP) Busisiwe Mkhwebane has been found guilty of incompetence and misconduct by Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating her fitness to hold office.
Judgment reserved in enforcement appeal against Zuma
Judgment was reserved in an enforcement appeal related to former President Jacob Zuma's private prosecution of legal journalist Karyn Maughan and State Advocate Billy Downer SC, reports News24.
Why Zuma should go back to prison
The Constitutional Court’s decision not to consider an appeal by the National Commissioner of Correctional Services in Jacob Zuma’s parole matter means that Zuma must now go back to prison to serve the remaining part of his 15-month sentence, subject to his early release on either parole or on any other ground provided for in the law.
Top court order raises Zuma 'back to jail' dilemma
In theory, former President Jacob Zuma should be heading back to jail after the Constitutional Court yesterday dismissed as having ‘no reasonable prospects of success’ an application for leave to appeal an SCA ruling that Zuma had not finished serving his sentence for contempt of the Constitutional Court.
Another ConCourt setback for Mkhwebane
In a significant blow to Busisiwe Mkhwebane, the Constitutional Court yesterday ruled that President Cyril Ramaphosa ‘stood to gain nothing’ by suspending the Public Protector.
Parliament ruled 'supreme' as Aarto gets green light
The Constitutional Court underlined the role of Parliament in usurping the functions of local government when it declined to confirm the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) ruling that the Aarto Act was invalid, reports TimesLIVE.
Zuma's prosecution of Ramaphosa set aside with costs
In the latest legal blow for former President Jacob Zuma, a full Bench of the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) yesterday declared his private prosecution of President Cyril Ramaphosa was ‘an abuse of process’ and was instituted ‘for an ulterior motive’.
Chief’s SCA application rejected
The SCA has dismissed an application by a Limpopo chief seeking to keep his position that Premier Stanley Mathabatha gave him under questionable circumstances in 2020.
Unwed parents have access to Family Advocate – ConCourt
The Mediation of Certain Divorces Matters Act – which does not give unmarried parents the same access to the Family Advocate as married ones – has been declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court.
DA lodges complaint against Mashatile and Mbalula
The DA has asked the Acting Public Protector, Kholeka Gcaleka, to investigate Deputy-President Paul Mashatile for allegedly benefitting from people linked to state capture, reports News24.
EFF slams SCA ruling on ‘apartheid draconian laws'
The EFF has slammed the SCA’s upholding of a Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) decision prohibiting the party from instigating land occupation, describing it as ‘regressive’.
Is tide turning against Zuma, Mkhwebane?
Former President Jacob Zuma and suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane can deservedly be placed in the same league as former US President Donald Trump and former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson – as they all regard themselves as being beyond the reach of the rule of law.
