Lawyers acting for former president Jacob Zuma and uMkhonto we Sizwe Party have asked the Constitutional Court for an extension to file an answering affidavit to the application for leave to appeal by the Electoral Commission
Lawyers acting for former president Jacob Zuma and uMkhonto we Sizwe Party have asked the Constitutional Court for an extension to file an answering affidavit to the application for leave to appeal by the Electoral Commission
Fr. Labiao also hopes that the project will not only spread the purpose of the encyclical Laudato Si' of His Holiness Francis but also generate employment in the communities and further prevent the worsening climate crisis.
In letters to the chief justice, Nadel, FUL and Casac say granting leave to appeal is ‘core’ to the judicial function of the 11 justices of the Constitutional Court.
Chief justice Raymond Zondo has clarified that retired justice Zak Yacoob would be rendering "only a support service to the justices of the Constitutional Court" - in circumstances of the "huge workload" faced by the court's justices since the expansion of the jurisdiction of the court.