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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…

Tshwane council chamber. Deaan Vivier, Gallo Images, Netwerk24 The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled in the DA's favour to enforce a previous judgment for the Tshwane council to resume while appeals processes unfold.The court said there was no option but to grant the request in terms of Section 18(3) of the Superior Courts…

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Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (GCIS) High Court Judge Norman Davis has given Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma 14 days to amend lockdown regulations, however, the national state of disaster is set to lapse before that deadline.Davis has slammed some of the regulations, saying there are millions of South Africans who operate in…

This week’s High Court judgment on the lockdown regulations is unconvincing in many respects and has applied the law incorrectly, writes Richard Calland. A South African High Court has declared the government’s lockdown regulations unconstitutional and, therefore, invalid, driving a coach and horses through its Covid-19 strategy.Justice Norman Davis found that both the level 3 and…