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            <description><![CDATA[Click here to read the full judgment on Saflii  [1]       These are two applications brought in terms of section 167(4)(e) of the Constitution for orders declaring that the National Assembly (NA), the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) (collectively referred to as Parliament) and the nine Provincial Legislatures failed to fulfil their constitutional obligations to reasonably facilitate public involvement in the passing of the Public Procurement Act[1] (Act).]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Click here to read the full judgment on Saflii “The Commission operates at the intersection of profoundly significant and competing interests: the Calata Group and other victims seeking long-delayed truth and accountability; former Presidents whose personal and reputational interests are engaged; and the foundational constitutional values of national unity, reconciliation, and the rule of law that underpinned the [Truth and Reconciliation Commission]’s restorative justice framework.  Maintaining public confidence in such a process requires scrupulous institutional impartiality.  Any reasonable perception that the Chairperson’s continued involvement may compromise that impartiality risks undermining the Commission’s credibility and rendering its work vulnerable to lasting doubt.”]]></description>
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            <title>Adonisi and Others v Minister for Transport and Public Works, Western Cape and Others; Minister ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Click here to read the full judgment on Saflii  FLYNOTES: CONSTITUTION – Housing – Equitable access to land – Applicants opposed disposal of well located Tafelberg property for private development, contending it should be used for social housing – Province and City argued compliance with statutory framework and broader housing programmes – Court held location integral to “adequate housing” under section 26, disposal perpetuated spatial injustice, and public participation defective – Regulations inconsistent with Constitution, cooperative governance duties breached – Appeals upheld, invalidity declared, Province liable for costs – Constitution, s 26.]]></description>
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            <title>Ex parte President of the Republic of South Africa: In re Constitutionality of the Copyright ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Click here to read the full judgment on Saflii  [1]            On 10 October 2024, the President of the Republic of South Africa launched an application on an ex parte (without notice to other parties) basis in terms of sections 79(4)[1] and 84(2)(c)[2] of the Constitution.  The application concerns proposed amendments to the Copyright Act[3] (Act) and the Performers’ Protection Act,[4] and in particular, whether certain sections in the Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB) and the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill (PPAB) are constitutional.]]></description>
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            <title>Solidarity Trade Union and Others v Minister of Health and Others (CCT 240/24) [2026] ZACC 19</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Click here to read the full judgment on Saflii  Solidarity Trade Union, professional associations, and private health practitioners challenged constitutionality of certificate of need scheme requiring approval from Director General before providing prescribed health services – High Court declared provisions invalid, requiring confirmation – Constitutional Court held challenge ripe, scheme irrational, vested sweeping discretionary powers without safeguards, and unjustifiably limited section 22 right to choose trade or profession – Invalidity confirmed – National Health Act 61 of 2003, ss 36–40.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[[1]  In this application, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the African Transformation Movement (ATM) challenge the constitutional validity of rule 129I of the Ninth Edition of the Rules of the National Assembly (NA Rules) and the National Assembly’s vote on 13 December 2022 (NA vote) to not refer the Independent Panel’s (Panel) Report[1] to the Impeachment Committee.  There are three judgments. [2]  The first judgment is written by Maya CJ, with Madlanga ADCJ, Rogers J and Theron J concurring.  It finds that this Court enjoys exclusive jurisdiction over the challenge to the validity of rule 129I as well as the related challenge to the validity of the NA vote.  It also determines that the challenges are not moot and that the delay in bringing the challenge to the NA vote can be overlooked.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Click here to read the full judgment on Saflii [1]            Is the practice of sortition by casting lots as a deadlock-breaking mechanism for the establishment of an executive committee of a municipal council constitutionally offensive?  That is the crisp question that arises in these confirmation proceedings.  The High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Pretoria (High Court), declared section 43(2)(c) of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act[1] (Act) inconsistent with sections 19(3) and 160(8) of the Constitution, and thus invalid and unconstitutional.[2]  The order of invalidity was suspended for a period of 18 months and the order was referred to this Court for confirmation.  It did so in terms of section 167(5) read with section 172(2)(d) of the Constitution.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Click here to read the full judgment on Saflii [1]            The applicant, the Municipal Employees Pension Fund (MEPF), seeks leave to appeal the judgment and order of the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Local Division, Johannesburg (High Court).  The High Court dismissed the applicant’s application solely on the basis that the applicant did not have the requisite locus standi[1] (legal standing) to seek a declaratory order that the third respondent’s rezoning application had lapsed prior to its purported approval, or to seek, in the alternative, a review and setting aside of a decision by the first respondent to approve the third respondent’s rezoning application relating to certain immovable property.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Click here to read the full judgment on Saflii  The right of members of the public to participate meaningfully in democratic governance is a hallmark of our constitutional democracy.  Public involvement in the legislative and other processes of all three spheres of government is not merely a fashionable accessory; it is a thread woven into the fabric of our democracy.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Read the FULL judgment on Saflii On application for direct access for supplementary just and equitable relief, the following order is made: 1. Pending the coming into effect of legislation that cures the defects causing the constitutional invalidity identified in AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism NPC v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services [2021] ZACC 3.]]></description>
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