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The DA has applied for direct access to the Constitutional Court to challenge the Cabinet decision to pull SA out of the International Criminal Court. The decision was unconstitutional and a breach of the Bill of Rights‚ the DA argued in papers filed with the Constitutional Court yesterday, says a BusinessLIVE report. It wants the court to declare the withdrawal notice and the Cabinet decision to issue it invalid; and to order the government to revoke it.

The Constitutional Court has agreed to hear an appeal by the state against a SCA ruling that the government acted contrary to the Constitution when it failed to detain Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in the country last year. The hearing has been set down for 22 November.

A network of international journalists investigating the use of offshore bank accounts which enable wealthy clients to reduce the level of scrutiny of their dealings have published new revelations about businessmen in Nigeria, Kenya, Namibia, Egypt and Algeria. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) says the latest research on the Panama Papers " leaked documents from the Panama-based law firm, Mossack Fonseca " has exposed "fresh details about the misuse of corporate secrecy and hidden wealth in Africa".