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South Africa: Judges Crush Verdict That Sunk Thabo Mbeki
Business Day, 13 January 2009
THE judgment that was the catalyst for former president Thabo Mbeki being fired only four months ago was overturned in the Supreme Court of Appeal yesterday. Read more »
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South Africa: Double-Edged Sword of the Zuma Ruling
Business Day, 13 January 2009
THE Supreme Court of Appeal's judgment in favour of the National Prosecuting Authority in the Jacob Zuma case comes as a relief in terms of maintaining the credibility of the… Read more »
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South Africa: President May Hold Court in Courts
Business Day, 13 January 2009
JACOB Zuma is likely to spend the bulk of his presidential term in court fighting off corruption charges if the legal impasse between him and the state is not resolved before the… Read more »
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South Africa: Nicholson 'Failed to Focus on the Two Key Issues'
Business Day, 13 January 2009
PIETERMARITZBURG High Court Judge Chris Nicholson was supposed to deal with just two issues on which African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma relied in his application to set… Read more »
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South Africa: Motlanthe Says No Inquiry Despite Threat of Lawsuit
Business Day, 13 January 2009
PRESIDENT Kgalema Motlanthe will not be appointing a commission of inquiry into the arms deal despite the threat of a lawsuit for allegedly violating the constitution and… Read more »
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South Africa: The Five Appeal Judges Involved in Yesterday's Landmark Ruling.
Business Day, 13 January 2009
JUDGE Louis Harms, the judge who delivered the judgment in the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA's) appeal case against Judge Chris Nicholson's finding in the case against… Read more »
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South Africa: Unlikely Nicholson 'Will Handle Case Again'
Business Day, 13 January 2009
A SENIOR lawyer yesterday said he had never seen such a "vicious" criticism by one judge of a fellow judge as that by Supreme Court of Appeal Deputy Judge President Louis Harms… Read more »
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South Africa: Zuma 'Solutions' Will Tell Us Where Country is Heading
Business Day, 13 January 2009
THE period ahead will tell us whether equality before the law will remain a key principle in our democracy - and whether public cynicism about politicians' motives will grow. Read more »
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South Africa: Judge is Slated for 'Not Separating Fact, Suspicion'
Business Day, 13 January 2009
IN A scathing judgment, the Supreme Court of Appeal said yesterday that the findings of Judge Chris Nicholson of the Pietermaritzburg High Court about political interference by the… Read more »