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The ruling party bowed to pressure on the Protection of State Information Bill on Thursday, proposing a raft of changes in response to sustained criticism of the bill over the past two years.

Bizos slams review of courts

CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW

Veteran human rights lawyer George Bizos has expressed incredulity at the government's plans to review the rulings of the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal. "I am concerned that...

SA: Statement by Jeff Radebe, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, on the assessment of the impact of the decisions of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal on the South African Law and Jurisprudence (26/03/2012)

Statements

On 28 February 2011 the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mr Jeff Radebe, released a discussion document on the transformation of the Judicial System and the Role of the...

SCA decision in DA appeal 'no surprise'

APPEAL

The legal fraternity was not surprised by a Supreme Court of Appeal decision in favour of the DA, law professor Tom Coetzee said on Tuesday.

Reviewing the Constitutional Court

HSRC

When the interim Constitution was crafted it was described by the late Professor Etienne Mureinik as a bridge from a culture of authority to one of justification, where parliament and the...

Cosatu: Statement by Patrick Craven, Congress of South African trade Unions, responding to articles in the MAil & Guardian (09/03/2012)

Statements

The Congress of South African Trade Unions is obliged to respond to two articles – “Vavi takes his toll on the ANC” by Matuma Letsoalo, and “Info Bill resistance:...

Change to merger control considerations has begun

Competition Law

The role of public interest considerations in company mergers has seen a substantial change in the past few years, says Africa’s largest law firm Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs director and...

Kuehne & Nagel SA and Schenker SA – local firms are paying up for collusion apparently perpetrated by their international affiliates

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

In late February, the Competition Tribunal confirmed the consent order agreement reached between the Competition Commission and Kuehne & Nagel SA. According to Petra Krusche, Director, Competition,...

SA: Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, in response to the debate on the State of the Nation Debate, in the National Assembly (16/02/2012)

Topics

Let me begin by thanking all Honourable members for the contributions to this debate.

SACP: Statement by Jeremy Cronin, South African Communist Party general secretary, on the mines, the media and the judiciary (09/02/2012)

Statements

This past weekend, the ANC's national executive committee received a comprehensive briefing on the report of the task team mandated to do in-depth, comparative research on possible state...

The South African Constitutional Court Extends Police Accountability

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

Should the police be more trustworthy than any other citizen? And if they are not, can you hold the Minister of Police to account? In an important unanimous judgement penned by South African Chief...

FF+: Statement by Pieter Mulder, Freedom Front Plus leader, on their annual evalusation of the ANC government (12/12/2011)

Statements

Members of the FF Plus from across the country were asked to identify the issues which had been the most important to them during this year. Thereafter they gave their opinions and awarded a...

ANC Chief Whip slates "Black Tuesday" campaign

PROTECTION OF STATE INFORMATION BILL

The ANC has dismissed as a distortion of facts, a National Press Club "Black Tuesday" protest campaign, to mark the National Assembly vote on the Protection of State Information Bill.

News this week

UPDATE

The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) has again threatened legal action if a public interest defence clause is left out of the Protection of State Information Bill. Sanef says it is...

IFP's Info Bill changes voted down

INFO BILL

An Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) last-minute tabling of 123 amendments to Protection of State Information Bill turned to farce on Thursday as the African National Congress (ANC) and all other...

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