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Justice for Daniel: Action Society and NPA Welcome Court’s Shutdown of Wheeler Appeal Bid
For Daniel Jamneck’s family, the latest court ruling is about more than another legal victory.…
ANC Defends Expropriation Act as Legal Challenge Heads to Court
The African National Congress (ANC) has reaffirmed its support for the Expropriation Act, describing it…
DA Challenges Expropriation Act in Court, Calls Law Unconstitutional
The Democratic Alliance’s legal challenge against the Expropriation Act is being heard in the Western…
Courts Hand Down Life Sentences in Separate Gender Based Violence Murder Cases
Two separate High Court judgments handed down this week have resulted in life imprisonment for…
Split Judgment Sparks Fresh Legal Battle as ATM Heads to Constitutional Court Over Ramaphosa Impeachment Inquiry
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has announced that it will urgently approach the Constitutional Court following Friday’s split judgment by the Western Cape High Court, which temporarily halted Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala scandal. The latest legal move comes just hours after the High Court granted Ramaphosa an interim interdict preventing Parliament’s Impeachment Committee from continuing with public hearings while his review application against the Section 89 Independent Panel report is being…
Economic Freedom Fighters Hails VAT Court Victory
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has welcomed a judgment by the Western Cape High Court declaring that the power to change South Africa’s Value Added Tax (VAT) rate lies with Parliament and not the finance minister alone — a ruling the party says affirms its long-standing argument about democratic oversight over taxation. The court found that a provision in the Value Added Tax Act 89 of 1991 allowing the Minister of Finance to unilaterally alter the VAT rate is unconstitutional.…
“Real State Capture” Killed Tina Joemat-Pettersson, Says Mkhwebane
In what Public Protector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane has labelled the biggest scandal to hit South African democracy, the suspended Chapter 9 institution leader blamed the death of former Minister of Energy Tina Joemat-Pettersson on “state capture.” Mkhwebane was speaking during her much-anticipated media briefing on allegations that Section 194 chairperson Richard Dyantyi and ANC parliamentary Chief Whip Penny Majodina solicited bribes to make the inquiry go her way. She said the solicitations of the bribes were communicated to her husband,…