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12 Oct 2009
 
 
 
 
Daily podcast - October 12, 2009
PODCAST
In today's podcast, Sandile Ngcobo and four other judges begin their term in the Concourt; the WTO and the ILO report that the world's poor see few benefits from trade; and Julius Malema says that...
 
 
New Concourt judges start Monday
JUDICIARY
Judge Sandile Ngcobo starts his first day as Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court on Monday, alongside four new judges appointed by President Jacob Zuma at the weekend.
 
 
03 Sep 2009
 
Concourt to decide on water issue
WATER
The Constitutional Court will have to decide whether Johannesburg's prepaid water meters are legal and whether the government's free water allowance is enough. Residents of Phiri in Soweto took the...
 
 
10 Jun 2009
 
Constitutional Court Appointments Will Test Judicial Waters
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
When the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) meets later this year to consider who will replace four titans of the Constitutional Court when their terms expire this October, it will be one of the...
 
 
29 May 2009
 
Judges are not above the law – Ramatlodi
JUDICIARY
Judges need to understand they are not above the law, said Ngoako Ramatlodi, the head of Parliament's Justice Committee, in an interview published on Friday.
 
 
11 May 2009
 
Motlanthe sworn in as Deputy President
CABINET
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe was sworn in by President Jacob Zuma at the Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria on Monday. Motlanthe then received a hug from Zuma before taking his seat beside him.
 
 
27 Mar 2009
 
IFP: Statement by Mangosuthu Buthelezi, leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party, on the Dalai Lama refusal (27/03/2009)
zElections

Few actions of the post liberation South African government have created as much
international and domestic indignation as the refusal to grant a visa to the
Dalai Lama to enter South...

 
 
12 Mar 2009
 
IEC ready for overseas voters
EXPAT VOTE
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said it was ready to accommodate registered voters living overseas, following Thursday's Constitutional Court judgment on the matter. "All we have to look...
 
 
 
 
Daily podcast - March 12, 2009
Multimedia
In today's podcast, ANC President Jacob Zuma says that the upcoming elections will be peaceful; African nations and the IMF form a new partnerships; and the Constitutional Court rules that South...
 
 
20 Aug 2008
 
Concourt hears argument in Scorpions case
SOUTH AFRICA
Businessman Hugh Glenister's lawyer argued hard in the Constitutional Court on Wednesday to stop the legislation that would move the Scorpions to the police. But, the judges of the court kept...
 
 
19 Aug 2008
 
Concourt reccommends mediation in refugee case
SOUTH AFRICA
Mediation was mooted in the Constitutional Court on Monday as a possible solution to the dispute over the temporary shelters set up in Gauteng to house victims of xenophobic violence. The court...
 
 
27 Feb 2007
 
Madlala-Routledge: Launch of Health and Democracy (27/02/2007)
2007
Speech of Deputy Minister of Health, Ms Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge at the launch of Health and Democracy, held at the Constitutional Hill
 
 
24 Jun 2004
 
Conference to look at equality issues
News
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), Justice and Constitutional Development Department and South African National Anti-Discrimination Forum will today host a two-day conference on the...
 
 
29 Mar 2004
 
Asmal: Conference on Human Rights and Democracy Education in the Curriculum (29/03/2004)
2004
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY PROFESSOR KADER ASMAL, MP, MINISTER OF EDUCATION, AT THE CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY EDUCATION IN THE CURRICULUM: CHALLENGES AND CONTESTATIONS, Rosebank, Johannesburg
 
 
17 Oct 2003
 
Sanef's submission to Hefer Commission
News
Submission to the Commission of Inquiry into allegations made against National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka and others
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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