Political analysts doubt the landmark judgment will have any major implications for the current political system.Constitutional law expert Pierre de Vos believes nothing will change.Professor Joleen Steyn-Kotze questions how independent candidates will generate campaign funding.Following the Constitutional Court ruling on Thursday, Parliament could adopt the local government system in provincial and national elections, political analysts…
Constitutional Court. Felix Dlangamandla, City Press The Constitutional Court has declared the Electoral Act unconstitutional.Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga handed down judgment on Thursday.This comes after the New Nation Movement's (NNM) bid to allow an independent candidate to run for elections challenged the current Electoral Act 73 of 1998, arguing that it infringes on the right to…
DA interim leader John Steenhuisen argues the DMA violates the constitutional principle of the separation of powers, because there is no effective parliamentary oversight.READ | Lockdown DA calls for parliamentary oversight of state of disaster in ConCourt bidSteenhuisen said the Act allowed for the unconstitutional delegation of Parliament's powers to the executive and gave Dlamini-Zuma "exceedingly…
Here in the northern hemisphere, winter famously contributes to widespread vitamin D deficiency as sunlight exposure decreases. The trend is “very marked in clinical practice," Mary Gover, MD, an internal medicine doctor at Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care in New York City, tells SELF. What you might not know, however, is that vitamin D isn’t the
Your 30s and 40s are what some would consider the best years of your life. You’re no longer “figuring it out,” but you aren’t “old” by society’s ageist standards either. It should be a sweet spot—right? But despite the illusion of stability and security, it’s also common for anxiety and self-doubt to worsen during your
5 min read WHEN THE JUSTICE Department released a trove of Epstein-related files on January 30 and then pulled down thousands of pages after redaction failures exposed victims’ identifying information and explicit material, I felt a familiar gut-drop. Once again, the people with the least power were being asked to pay twice—first for the abuse