Land question dominates JSC interviews
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THE Judicial Service Commission s (JSC) interviews to fill vacant posts at the country s top courts have seen some candidates asked about whether the Constitution allowed for the expropriation of land without compensation.
The JSC kicked off interviews to fill two vacancies at the Constitutional Court on Monday.
By Wednesday it had began conducting the interviews for five vacancies at the Supreme Court of Appeal.
Judge Zeenat Carelse, who was appointed to the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg Court in 2009, faced questions from commissioners about the land issue boggling the country. She currently serves as an acting judge at the SCA until May.
Occupants win court battle to stay in hijacked home in posh Joburg suburb 12 April 2021 - 12:43 A group of people who hijacked an abandoned house at 21 Bompas Road in Dunkeld West have won a court victory, as their eviction from the property was ruled to be unlawful. File photo. Image: Sebabatso Mosamo
The high court in Johannesburg has ordered that a group of people who “hijacked” a multimillion-rand vacant house in Dunkeld West were unlawfully evicted and can return to stay there, for now.
Non-profit human rights lawyers the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (Seri) took the case of the house invaders - about 50 of whom were evicted by the Red Ants on April 6, leaving their property on the pavement - to court.
6m ago Dodson was asked about the eviction of farm workers, and whether current legislation does enough to prevent these abuses.
He says the law in question - known as ESTA - should be effective, but the difficulty is that many farm workers don t have access to lawyers and are unavailable to access legal protection. He confirms that he has a criminal record for refusing to serve in the apartheid defence force.
17m ago Madonsela asks Dodson whether he believes his expertise in land matters will help develop Constitutional Court jurisprudence in regards to land redistribution.
Dodson says there are well-intentioned judgments that make it extremely challenging for communities to claim land.
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Case of ex-staff accusing MTN of swindling them in R24bn BEE share scheme removed from court
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Johannesburg - Mobile telecommunications giant MTN has had the litigation by employees and former employees – alleging it swindled them in a multibillion-rand black economic empowerment (BEE) share scheme – removed from an open, public court.
The group’s counter-application to have the application by 382 current and erstwhile workers stayed and referred to arbitration has succeeded.
Referring to themselves as the Tsunami Group, the 382 were capital beneficiaries of the Alpine Trust.
Formed by MTN in 2002, Alpine’s shares in the group were reportedly valued at about R24 billion in 2008.