As the Constitutional Court steers its future it must avoid becoming a faraway fortress or an exclusive carriage of legal privilege. Extensive outreach programmes on legal rights and legal access ...

The court, in a unanimous decision, has struck down the relevant section of the South African Citizenship Act, declaring it invalid from its promulgation in October 1995.

Judicial governance and court administration will be placed under the authority of the judiciary itself, enabling it to ...

Maya, 60, previously served as the judge president of the Supreme Court of Appeal, the second-highest court in South Africa, before her promotion to the Constitutional Court.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has expressed happiness with the Constitutional Court of South Africa for fearless adjudication, judicial independence and unwavering ...

Also within steps of the former prisons is the Constitutional Court. Known as South Africa's highest court (much like the United States' Supreme Court), the Constitutional Court was founded after ...

The Egyptian Embassy in Pretoria has organized a meeting via teleconferencing, bringing together Chairman of the Supreme Constitutional Court's (SCC) Body of Commissioners Emad Tarek El-Bishri, and ...

On 7 May 2025, the Constitutional Court of South Africa handed down judgment in Blind SA v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others [2025] ZACC 9 (‘Blind SA II’). The judgment read-in an ...

The hearing in these ‘Referral proceedings’ was significant as it was only the second time in South Africa’s history that the President triggered an exceptional constitutional mechanism to refer a ...