“This legislature, designated as the institution of Parliament, has a celebrated lineage involving a heroic struggle against monarchical despotism and an intriguing and fascinating evolution culminating in a constitutional...
Read MoreEconomic Freedom Fighters v The Speaker of the National Assembly and Others and Democratic Alliance v the Speaker of the National Assembly and Others CCT 143/15 and CCT 171/15 – hearing date: 9 February 2016 “On...
Read MoreCourtesy of Saflii it is possible to provide free links to three recent judgments of the Supreme Court of Appeal, including the summaries provided in the judgments themselves. Transman (Pty) Ltd v South African Post Office Ltd...
Read MoreSince 1994 the constitution has been supreme and any legislation or conduct inconsistent with the constitution is invalid and the Constitutional Court can strike it down. Should the president extend the term of the Chief...
Read MoreAdvocate Paul Hoffman SC wrote an opinion piece in BusinessDay on 26 June 2009 “Judiciary: Give us judges we deserve – not those politicians want” making the point that the the judiciary must be impartial and...
Read More[Editorial by Prof Darcy du Toit in the March 2009 edition of the SASLAW Newsletter reproduced here with kind permission]. For the second time in a year, a judgment by a distinguished member of SASLAW acting on the Labour Court...
Read MoreGENERAL NOTE In terms of section 4 of Act No. 65 of 1998, the expression “Human Rights Commission”, wherever it occurs, is substituted by the expression “South African Human Rights Commission”. In terms...
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