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Jacob Zuma’s MK Party takes its fight to overturn polls to Electoral Court
The Umkhonto weSizwe Party isn’t giving up its fight to challenge the May election outcome. It has taken its fight…
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MK Party loses bid to halt first National Assembly sitting
The Constitutional Court has dismissed the MK Party’s bid to stop the first sitting of Parliament. This means the National…
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Jacob Zuma’s MK party turns to ConCourt to interdict first sitting of Parliament
The uMkhonto WeSizwe party (MK) has brought an urgent application at the Constitutional Court to interdict Parliament from convening the…
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Women represent 43.5% of seats in the National Assembly
During a ceremony hosted at the Constitutional Court on Thursday, the official handover list of designated members elected to the…
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ConCourt to hear EFF’s case against Parliament for rejecting Phala Phala report
The Constitutional Court has indicated it will hear the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)’s case against Parliament, for rejecting an independent…
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First IEC leader says SA has a fragile democracy and an absence of leaders
The man who ran South Africa’s first democratic election, retired Constitutional Court judge Johann Kriegler, said South Africans yesterday had…
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Justice Yvonne Mokgoro to be laid to rest
Former Constitutional Court Justice Yvonne Mokgoro will be laid to rest today. Mokgoro passed away following an extended period of…
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ConCourt’s judgment on Jacob Zuma won’t affect the ballot paper: IEC
The IEC says today’s judgment of the Constitutional Court will not in any way affect the ballot papers for the…
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Jacob Zuma’s presidential remission didn’t impact his prison sentence, says ConCourt
The Constitutional Court says the Presidential remission under which Jacob Zuma got out of prison early did not impact the…
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Jacob Zuma not eligible for election to Parliament, ConCourt rules
The Constitutional Court on Monday overturned the Electoral Court decision and ruled that former president Jacob Zuma was not eligible…
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President Ramaphosa honours late Justice Yvonne Mokgoro with special official category one funeral
President Cyril Ramaphosa has honoured late former Constitutional Court judge Justice Yvonne Mokgoro with a special category one official funeral.…
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Constitutional Court issues new directives in Jacob Zuma matter
The Constitutional Court has issued new directives in the IEC case over the eligibility of former President Jacob Zuma contesting…
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Jacob Zuma expected to make written submission to ConCourt by end of today
The Constitutional Court has asked the Electoral Commission, Umkhonto weSizwe party and former President, Jacob Zuma to make written submissions…
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MK Party rocked by resignation as it awaits Jacob Zuma judgment
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has been rocked by the resignation of its legal adviser, advocate Mashudu Tshivhase, shortly before…
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Three parties excluded from 2024 ballot, ConCourt rules
The Constitutional Court has ruled that three parties will be excluded from the ballot paper of the 2024 elections. They…
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Jacob Zuma’s lawyers say IEC can’t bar him from running for office
Lawyers for former president Jacob Zuma said that it is not for the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to…
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Some MK Party supporters accuse IEC of bias in Jacob Zuma case
Some uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party supporters have accused the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) of political bias for wanting…
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Gauteng security beefed up as MK party and IEC face-off in Constitutional Court
As thousands of political activists were on Friday streaming to the Constitutional Court in Joburg, where the Jacob Zuma-led uMkhonto…
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Operation Dudula off poll list after glitch
A technical glitch “that was attended to” became a “sorry, your application is too late” – that is the crux…
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IEC says it’s not to blame for failure by some parties to meet elections deadline
The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (EIC) says it’s not to blame for a failure by some parties to…
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