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In a fatally flawed process, the commissioners tasked with advising the president as he chooses a new chief justice instead ensured he could not appoint…

Feb 9

Let's clear things up

Feb 2

Way back when, in one of the Public Protector's crusades against public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan, she had ordered President to discipline…

Dec 15, 2021

Mogoeng Mogoeng, South Africa’s chief justice from 2011 to 2021, is midwifing the conservative turn in South Africa’s public life. From retirement, he…

Nov 1, 2021

IN WHAT may prove to be a first in our legal history, the Constitutional Court on 12 July 2021 heard an application for the rescission of an earlier…

Jul 27, 2021

Why Justice Jafta is right

Jun 14, 2021

When the first lockdown regulations under the Disaster Management Act were gazetted, I was surprised that, in the flurry of commentary that followed, no…

May 21, 2021

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