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Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina and ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte singing and dancing before the ANC's first caucus meeting for the year on Thursday. (Jan Gerber, News24) ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina said says court ruling giving Parliament 24 months to amend legislation to allow independent candidates to contest…

Political parties have welcomed a landmark decision on South Africa's political landscape. Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga ruled that Parliament must amend the Electoral Act within 24 months.Political parties welcomed the landmark judgment by the Constitutional Court.New Nation Movement, which challenged the Electoral Act, said the judgment brought power to the people.The historic Constitutional Court judgment which allows…

Judges presiding in the Constitutional Court. (File: City Press) The Concourt has ruled against the proportional representation system through political parties. On Thursday, the court found that part of the Electoral Act was unconstitutional. Parliament must amend the Electoral Act within 24 months. The Constitutional Court has dispelled the notion that proportional representation is consonant only with representation…

In his response, the president called on the ConCourt to dismiss the application by the DA. The DA says the Disaster Management Act makes it impossible for Parliament to play an oversight role.This was contained in the DA's arguments for direct access to the Constitutional Court.It claims Section 27 of the Act allows the Minister…

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Raymond Morare) Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has noted the decision by the Constitutional Court to set aside a personal costs order against her. She says personal costs orders interfere with her work. Mkhwebane's office says she only challenged the interim order because of the inflammatory language used by Pravin Gordhan.Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane…