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JSC recommends only one labour court judge, leaves two vacancies open
JSC recommends only one labour court judge, leaves two vacancies open! The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has concluded its Labour…
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Tapiwa Gandidze: Zimbabwe-born candidate for Labour Court questioned on citizenship during JSC interview
A Zimbabwe-born legal candidate, Tapiwa Gandidze, faced questions about her citizenship status during her interview with the Judicial Service Commission…
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Electoral Court to hear MK Party matter challenging validity of election results
The Electoral Court has agreed to hear the MK Party’s matter, challenging the results of the recent general elections. This…
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Lamola’s office allegedly dropped the ball on Special Tribunal resulting in its collapse
The Presidency and the Ministry and the Department of Justice are scrambling to resuscitate the Special Tribunal, which effectively collapsed…
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Electoral Court slaps 2 MK Party members with R150 000 fines
The Electoral Court has slapped two senior uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party members with suspended R150,000 fines for incendiary remarks. Recently…
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MK Party withdraws case against IEC challenging election results
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has withdrawn its Electoral Court case against the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) challenging…
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Five more MK Party members yet to take up seats in Parliament
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party says there is nothing untoward about it not yet having taken up all its seats…
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Court to decide whether to criminally charge IEC official found in possession of ballot boxes
A magistrate in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court is expected to decide on Thursday whether to press ahead with criminal charges…
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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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Jabulani Khumalo loses urgent court bid to be sworn in as MK Party MP
Embattled uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party founder Jabulani Khumalo has lost his urgent bid to be sworn in as a Member…
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Jacob Zuma’s lawyers want expelled MK leader Jabulani Khumalo charged with perjury
Lawyers for former President Jacob Zuma want the expelled leader of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK), Jabulani Khumalo, to be…
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Expelled MK leader heads to Electoral Court in bid to be reinstated
The MK Party made a good showing these elections but internal squabbles still plague the party. Expelled leader Jabulani Khumalo…
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Electoral Court to hear application by MK Party founder
The Electoral Court will today hear the urgent application of the founder of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party against the Electoral…
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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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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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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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CASAC reiterates stance that Electoral Court erred in Jacob Zuma candidacy admission
The Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC) maintains that the Electoral Court’s findings on whether former…
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MK Party accuses IEC of colluding with the ANC & being vindictive
The MK Party has lashed out at the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) hinting it is colluding with the…
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ConCourt gives Jacob Zuma and MK party more time
Former president Jacob Zuma and his uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party have been given an extension to file answering affidavits in…
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Electoral Court dismisses applications of 5 political parties
The Electoral Court has dismissed the applications of five political parties to be added to the ballot. These were the…
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Labour Party to launch application to set aside electoral timetable
The Labour Party says it will launch an application to the Constitutional Court seeking to set aside the electoral timetable…
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Arise SA takes IEC to Electoral Court over ballot paper exclusion
Arise South Africa has hauled the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to the Electoral Court over what it terms…
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Thuli Madonsela warns voting for ‘corrupt politicians like Jacob Zuma’ will bring SA to total collapse
As the country prepares for the national and provincial elections, former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has warned South Africa against…
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President Ramaphosa defends the IEC
The Independent Electoral Commission has lodged an urgent appeal to the Constitutional Court. It wants the court to overturn the…
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‘We aren’t spending time on MK party’: Fikile Mbalula speaks on not losing track of ANC election campaign
Despite being constantly opposed to the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party in various court cases, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says he…
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IEC confirms it has approached ConCourt to contest Jacob Zuma’s running for elections
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has approached the Constitutional Court to lodge an urgent appeal against the Electoral…
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MK party welcomes court ruling
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has welcomed the ruling of Electoral Court to keep former president Jacob Zuma’s name on…
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IEC mulling court decision on Jacob Zuma
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) is taking legal advice on the decision of the Electoral Court to allow…
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Section 47 is to ensure that lawbreakers do not become lawmakers
The Electoral Court has heard that the purpose of Section 47 of the Constitution is to ensure that lawbreakers do…
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Jacob Zuma accuses IEC of wanting to disenfranchise millions of people
Lawyers for former president Jacob Zuma have accused the IEC (Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa) of wanting to disenfranchise…
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MK party appeals IEC decision to bar Jacob Zuma from contesting elections
The uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party has turned to the Electoral Court in Bloemfontein to appeal the Electoral Commission of…
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Fikile Mbalula takes aim at Jacob Zuma amid ANC vs MK case pointing out selfish needs
African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has come out guns blazing against former president Jacob Zuma. The ANC and…
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ActionSA ballot paper saga finally resolved, one and a half months after polls
The ActionSA ballot paper saga has been finally resolved and the party is looking forward to seeing their name next…
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ActionSA loses court bid to have IEC place its name on ballot papers
The Electoral Court has dismissed ActionSA’s application to have the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)’s decision to omit its name from…
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ActionSA can’t expect differential treatment – says IEC
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said it could not make de facto decisions reviewing its rules just for one political…
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Judgment in ActionSA case against IEC over ballot paper omission reserved
The Electoral Court on Thursday reserved its judgment in ActionSA’s application over the absence of its name from the ballot…
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Electoral Court agrees to virtually hear case between ActionSA and IEC
The Electoral Court on Wednesday agreed to a virtual hearing of the case involving political party ActionSA and the Independent…
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IEC to announce the way forward on local elections after ConCourt ruling
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) is expected to brief the media on Monday afternoon after the Constitutional Court…
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IEC still waiting for court papers from ANC regarding reopening registration
While the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is yet to receive papers from the African National Congress (ANC) forcing it to…
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ANC bid to reopen IEC candidate list will undermine Oct poll, say opposition parties
Opposition parties have warned that should the African National Congress’s (ANC) application to have the Electoral Court reopen the candidate…
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DA to oppose ANC Electoral Court application
The Democratic Alliance is opposing the ANC’s application to the Electoral Court seeking to reopen its candidate list system. The…
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By-elections postponed
The IEC is welcoming the Electoral Court’s decision to postpone eight by-elections scheduled for Wednesday. The court on Wednesday morning…
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10 more by-elections postponed due to Level 3 restrictions
Another 10 by-elections, scheduled to take place in March, have been postponed by the Electoral Court. The Electoral Court authorized…
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Patricia de Lille says DA is a bunch of liars
Good movement leader and former mayor Patricia de Lille has denounced the DA as “a bunch of liars” after the…
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Karima Brown prepares to take EFF to electoral court
Karima Brown prepares to take EFF to electoral court. She has already laid a complaint of intimidation with the police…
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