BRIEFING NOTE – MAJOR EVENTS RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY AND THE RULE OF LAW (JULY – AUGUST 2023)
This briefing note seeks to provide a short overview of significant events in the preceding month, relating to Freedom Under Law’s work on the judiciary
This briefing note seeks to provide a short overview of significant events in the preceding month, relating to Freedom Under Law’s work on the judiciary
Next week, between 2 and 6 October, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) meets for the second of its two annual sittings. Several important positions are
The judiciary is the one arm of the state that has, at least in significant part, been faithful to its constitutional obligations. The less said
Freedom Under Law notes with grave concern reports of the arrest of Zimbabwean lawyers Tapiwa Muchineripi and Douglas Coltart. The two lawyers were reportedly arrested
SUBMISSION: JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION INTERVIEWS OCTOBER 2023 The FUL report Criteria and guidelines, and the conduct of interviews “The JSC also needs to develop a
Freedom Under Law is gravely concerned about the recently concluded elections in Zimbabwe. Observers have raised a litany of shortcomings with these elections, many of
Johannesburg, 1 August 2023: – After 15 years as Chair of Freedom under Law, Justice Johann Kriegler conveyed to its Board at its biennial meeting on
FREEDOM UNDER LAW / UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM on STRATEGIC LITIGATION AGAINST PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: INAUGURAL LECTURE DELIVERED BY DARIO MILO ON 27 JULY
The striking criticisms of the Judicial Service Commission by the Supreme Court of Appeal in the Judge Nkola Motata case are consistent with longstanding and
The JSC interviews are always a matter of great public significance, and this round is no different. The JSC will be interviewing Justice Mahube Molemela,