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Populist death penalty calls do not pass constitutional muster – The Mail & Guardian

These kinds of amendments are regressive and driven by political expediency for short-term gains

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It will be difficult to postpone local elections in a c...

Earlier this week former Deputy Chief Justice (DCJ) Dikgang Moseneke recommended that South Africa’s local government election be postponed to February 2022. The Constitution requires these elections to be held before the end of October, which means the only fail-safe legal way to postpone these elections is through a constitutional amendment, something that would be very difficult to do. Unfortunately, the alternative legal mechanism proposed by Justice Moseneke to legalise the postponement is both constitutionally undesirable and uncertain to succeed.
At first glance, the decision on whether to postpone the local government elections scheduled for October 2021 to February 2022, is an impossible one to make. This is partly because it is impossible to predict with any certainty what the Covid-19 situation will be in late October or in February next year. Moreover, whatever the situation will be, Covid will still be with us, and some Covid restrictions are likely to be in place whether the election is held in October or in February next year. This means, whether the election is held now or early next year, it is unlikely to be perfect.

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Common cents: How the national Budget and expenditure a...

Every year we wait in anticipation for the minister of finance to announce the annual Budget. This “announcement” is often discussed as if it were final. This is, however, a misrepresentation of the constitutional framework within which the government spending is determined. The proposed Budget has to be presented to Parliament, which is the ultimate body to determine the quantum and allocation of national government spending.
The Budget is, in fact, just a special kind of act of Parliament called an “appropriation”. An appropriation, like any statute, has to be passed by Parliament before it acquires the force of law. Once the minister introduces the bill, members of Parliament discuss its contents, invite comment from the rest of society and amend the proposed law at their discretion. A critical component of our constitutional dispensation and a core tenet of the rule of law is that changes to the law should be debated in public and benefit from a process of broad public participation.

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