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South Africa’s Ex President, Thabo Mbeki On South Africa’s Con-Court ‘Nkandla Judgement’

Posted on April 11, 2016April 11, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The Wider Significance of the Judgement of the Constitutional Court on the “Nkandla Matter”. On 31 March, 2016, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng conveyed the unanimous decision of the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) in the matter of “Economic Freedom Fighters v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others; Democratic Alliance v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others [2016] ZACC 11. This decision has evoked much understandable and inevitable political discussion and activity in our country, which…

‘South Africa’s Constitutional Court legalises adultery’

Posted on June 21, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Johannesburg – For many years, if you cheated on your spouse in South Africa, you could end up being sued by the innocent partner. Not anymore. The Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that adultery was no longer part of South African law. The judges ruled unanimously that a wronged spouse could no longer sue for damages, reasoning that marriage was based on the concept of two willing parties and it did not seem appropriate in…