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With coalition talks hot on the table, Parliament has confirmed the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) will host the first sitting of the seventh democratic Parliament.
The South Africa Communist Party (SACP) welcomed the ruling and said this served as clarity that other ‘convicted law breakers’ who fall into the same category are not eligible to be MPs.
Former president Jacob Zuma’s face will still be on the ballot for his uMkhonto WeSizwe (MK) Party for the May 29 elections, despite the Constitutional Court ruling he was not eligible to be a member of the National Assembly.
Political analyst Professor Sipho Seepe said former National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula may have dug her own political grave by appointing a judicial panel to probe President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala saga instead of using the Parliament Ethics Committee, which was going to kill the report.
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo will lead a delegation of the Heads of Courts as they are set to meet at Sun City for the Judges’ Conference, which is a forum for members of the judiciary to meet and discuss matters about their interest to the Judiciary in relation to its constitutional role and mandate.
Phadima Fukula has gone missing without a trace following his reporting of the alleged incidents in 2022.
Phadima Fukula, 31, went missing without a trace after lodging a corruption complaint against then Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo and Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane.
Rules were made by the National Assembly and we could not go beyond that, says Ngcobo.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected insinuations that he and Chief Justice Raymond discussed and altered the contents of the state capture report, saying that such perceptions were demeaning and out of character.
Part four of the report deals with Eskom, Alexkor, the City of Johannesburg and technology company EOH.
The president was quick to add that the reason for the delay in the implementation of lifestyle audits against members of the Cabinet was the Zondo Commission report.
Political analysts said if there was consequence after an inquiry, maybe people would take them seriously, adding that the public wanted to see action after an inquiry finished its work.
The Foundation says Justice Zondo brings 25 years of untainted service to this post.
The JSC’s decision irked some legal experts and political commentators while other interested groups threatened to challenge the JSC in court.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s appointment of Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo as South Africa’s seventh Chief Justice, has been welcomed.
Ruling party confident that under Zondo the judiciary will continue to assert its independence and give a progressive interpretation of the provisions of the Constitution
The appointment of Justice Raymond Zondo as the country's new Chief Justice has been met with mixed reaction by political parties with the EFF rejecting it as a “short-sighted, factional and uninspired decision“ while others said it would ensure continuity in the country’s apex court. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that Justice Zondo was the chosen candidate to succeed retired chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, while the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), which Ramaphosa had tasked with inter. . .
IFP, Cope and the DA said this was a correct decision despite EFF’s opposition to the appointment.
Zondo was acting chief justice after he took over the reins from Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng when he initially took leave and retired late last year.
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said President Cyril Ramaphosa has indicated that he will table the report in Parliament by the end of June.
Panel including three chapter nine institutions to oversee interviews of 12 candidates to be appointed to the Electoral Commission of SA
OPINION: The Sekunjalo Group is one of the companies where the owner of the businesses decided a long time ago to reduce his reliance and dependence on banks for credit to start or grow his businesses, writes Dr Wallace Mgoqi.
If South Africa is to truly stamp out corruption, citizens need a detailed understanding of how governance failed in each of the cases of gross corruption that has riddled the country.
The question is simple: why would a company pay for work done at not just one, but two properties belonging to Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe?
The process to appoint the next Chief Justice is a first of its kind to be transparent and which involves the public, says Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola.