Lawyer: Well-off schools must serve people

Even schools well funded by their pupils' parents still serve their community, a lawyer for Equal Education has told the Constitutional Court.

• Shocking errors in English exam paper
• Motshekga defends education system
• Section27: School case crucial

ConCourt denies resident's appeal

The Constitutional Court has denied a Kroonstad resident's appeal to stop the municipality cutting off her power after she stopped paying rates in a protest about service delivery.

• ConCourt orders KZN dept to pay subsidy
• Committee erred, ConCourt hears
• ConCourt to rule on rates case

Landowners approach ConCourt over rates

The Constitutional Court will hear an application by landowners challenging the validity of municipal levies and rates imposed by the Berg Rivier municipality.

• Budget: 'no impact on property market'
• Flexi or fixed bond interest rate?
• Don't fall victim to tenant scams

Judges should serve for life - Yacoob

Former Constitutional Court judge Zak Yacoob believes Constitutional Court judges should serve for life, or until they are about 75-years-old.

• Zuma consults over ConCourt judge
• Zondo appointed ConCourt judge
• Gauntlett on ConCourt judge shortlist

Construction dispute settled in ConCourt

The Constitutional Court has ruled against the Rustenburg municipality over excavations that damaged a homeowner's foundations.

• ConCourt to rule on Mala Mala claim
• ConCourt to hear rates dispute
• ConCourt questions withholding of rates

Woman challenges pension provisions

The Constitutional Court has adjourned within minutes of starting a woman's challenge to her divorced husband's pension fund.

• State: Up to R300m taken from pensions
• Cost of ageing rising faster than expected

Media bosses appeal to Mogoeng

Three large media groups have appealed to Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng for permission to attend the Refugees Appeal Board hearing regarding the future status of Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir.

• Krejcir gets 11 years for fraud
• Radovan Krejcir and the Playboy model
• Judge: Media ban justified in Krejcir case

ConCourt gets urgent 'apocalypse' bid

The Constitutional Court has received an "extremely urgent court application" for the appointment of an "investigative task team" to prepare for the end of the world on 21 December.

• Mayas complain of ritual ban at temples
• Maya suffered after Spanish invasion
• Countdown for end of Mayan calendar cycle

Transformation a 'juggling act' - Mogoeng

Transformation of the judiciary is an ongoing "juggling act" to meet constitutional objectives and appoint people who can carry out judicial functions effectively, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng says.

• Hlophe to face tribunal - report
• Mogoeng: Juries not suitable for SA
• Cheers for ConCourt bills ruling

Schubart Park eviction unlawful - ConCourt

The eviction of about 700 families from the council-owned Schubart Park building in Pretoria was unlawful, the Constitutional Court has ruled.

• Schubart residents to learn their fate
• Ex-residents fight Schubart Park demolition
• Homeless, traders to march in Pretoria

Simelane appointment invalid - ConCourt

The Constitutional Court has declared Menzi Simelane's appointment as national director of public prosecutions invalid.

• Paying Simelane's legal fees 'a disgrace'
• Radebe appealing Simelane ruling
• Judges question Simelane appointment

Chief justice: Judiciary not sexist

It is not sexist of the judiciary to have potential women judges participate in training programmes, the office of the chief justice says.

• Judiciary filled with sexism - judge
• ANCWL slams Cosatu's 'sexism and racism'

Tribunal recommended for Hlophe matter

The Judicial Conduct Committee has recommended that a tribunal investigate a complaint by Constitutional Court judges against Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe.

• Solidarity wants Hlophe case concluded
• JSC to discuss Hlophe case at month-end
• FUL to challenge Hlope fee decision

ConCourt hears case on bills

Sections of the Constitution have been scrutinised in argument on whether a Member of Parliament could introduce a bill in the National Assembly without permission.

• ConCourt to rule on extraditions
• ConCourt dismisses amendment query
• ConCourt's job to intervene - Zuma

ConCourt to rule on competition appeal

The Constitutional Court is set to rule on whether the Competition Commission can appeal against a judgment of the Competition Appeal Court.

• Commission prohibits copper merger
• Appeal Court rules in favour of Netstar

Zuma gets ConCourt judges list

President Jacob Zuma has been presented with a list of nominees for the vacant judge's position in the Constitutional Court, the Judicial Service Commission says.

• Judges shortlisted for ConCourt job
• Chaskalson defends ConCourt, Constitution
• ConCourt: Pressure on female judge

ConCourt ruling favours debt defaulters

Defaulting debtors must receive notice before creditors can take action against them, the Constitutional Court has ruled.

• Drowning in debt
• Debt review: Why am I still suffering?
• Banks give indebted a break

ConCourt to hear e-toll case in August

The Constitutional Court will hear arguments in the e-toll case on August 15, chairperson of the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance Wayne Duvenage says.

• DA: Toll contract must be cancelled
• Govt mulls more money for Sanral
• Anti-toll group files ConCourt papers

Judges ordered to attend Christian course

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has raised serious concerns about the separation of church and the judiciary by ordering top judges to attend a Christian leadership conference.

• Judges not anti-government, says Moseneke
• Courts can't be superior, Zuma says
• ConCourt assessment strange, DA says

ConCourt to release judgement on Zim report

The Constitutional Court will hand down judgment next week in the Mail & Guardian's bid to make President Jacob Zuma release a report on Zimbabwe's 2002 elections.

• Power-sharing in Zim has failed - HRW

Judgement expected in Moutse case

Judgement in the dispute over the redemarcation of Moutse from Mpumalanga to Limpopo is expected in the Constitutional Court.

Cop rapist: ConCourt wades in

The Constitutional Court will have to decide whether the police minister is liable for the rape of a 13-year-old girl by a plainclothes police detective.

• ConCourt : Some cops may strike
• ConCourt rules on bias allegation case
• ConCourt slams disbanding of Scorpions

Indebted keep house after key ruling

A test case has put a stop to the auction of an indebted couple's house after a landmark Constitutional Court ruling.

• Banks may face claims from indebted clients
• Blow to banks as indebted get a break
• Courts used against indebted

ConCourt confirms RAF Act finding

The Constitutional Court has confirmed an order of constitutional invalidity from the Western Cape High Court, which will affect unfinished road accident claims from before August 2008.

• Law society welcomes RAF ruling
• RAF cap 'irrational'
• RAF grossly undercapitalised - report