Articles for Tania Broughton

Constitutional Court rules 1,000 signatures required for independent candidates to contest elections

Challenge to the 200/200 split in seats allocated in the National Assembly dismissed

Medical experts to assess health of judge facing tribunal

Judge Nomonde Mngqibisa-Thusi is facing possible impeachment for failing to hand down judgments timeously

Judge faces possible impeachment for tardy judgments

Judge Nomonde Mngqibisa-Thusi did not deliver about 21 judgments timeously

Electoral Commission joins alarm calls: Concourt ruling on election case is urgent

The Commission had required finality by mid-September to avoid materially prejudicing its preparations for 2024 elections

Labour Appeal Court rules NUMSA suspension of Ntlokotse unlawful

Accreditation of delegates at the union’s national congress last year also found invalid

Constitutional Court accused of taking too long to rule on crucial election case

“I fear a further delay may begin to jeopardise the election process itself” says independent candidate Zackie Achmat

ANC liable for over R100-million for 2019 elections’ banners

Nine judges in three courts have now ruled that Ezulweni Investments had a binding contract with the ANC

Judge Makhubele racks up legal fees in excess of R3-million

Judicial Conduct Tribunal into her alleged misconduct adjourns until January

A judge found that a man did not intend to rape his girlfriend. The Supreme Court of Appeal will hear the case this week

“What we are left with is a high level of impunity for sexual violence that affects a large segment of women in South Africa.”

Prisoner computer ban struck down

Correctional Services has 12 months to revise the current policy

Zimbabwe permit application dismissed: no need for it, say judges

Permit holders protected until at least June 2024

Nandipha Magudumana’s latest bail attempt fails

Scathing court order against PRASA over passenger safety

The passenger rail agency has until end of November to report back on the status of a new tender process for security contracts

Concourt slaps Home Affairs minister with personal cost order

Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and Director-General Livhuwani Makhode must pay from their own pockets part of legal costs for Lawyers For Human Rights

Wits lawyers apply to join Ugandan court case on Anti-Homosexuality Act

Centre for Applied Legal Studies argues that the Ugandan Parliament violated its own rules of procedure to pass the law

Helen Suzman Foundation goes to court to “avert human catastrophe”

The organisation wants an execution order that will protect Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders