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Marikana Commission [4] [13] Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 Section 84(2)(f) [13] Enquiry into tragic incident at or near area commonly known as Marikana Mine in Rustenburg, North West Province: Ian Farlam [13] 23 August 2012 [13] Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry [14] Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 ...
The Constitution of South Africa is the supreme law of the Republic of South Africa.It provides the legal foundation for the existence of the republic, it sets out the human rights and duties of its citizens, and defines the structure of the Government.
Act to amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to further define the role of the Chief Justice as the head of the judiciary; to provide for a single High Court of South Africa; to provide that the Constitutional Court is the highest court in all matters; to further regulate the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal; to provide for ...
South African constitutional law is the area of South African law relating to the interpretation and application of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa by the country's courts. All laws of South Africa must conform with the Constitution; any laws inconsistent with the Constitution have no force or effect.
A new Commission is appointed every five years, the last appointment being in 2018. [4] In February 2012, the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Jeff Radebe told reporters that the SALRC would be re-engineered to boost its legal research capacity and to better serve the needs of South Africa. [5]
Act to amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to provide for the introduction, only by the Cabinet member responsible for national financial matters, of certain financial legislation in the National Assembly; to extend the definition of a money Bill; to regulate the withholding of funds by the national treasury if organs of state commit a serious and material ...
The amendment renamed the post of "Chief Justice" to "President of the Supreme Court of Appeal", and the post of "President of the Constitutional Court" to "Chief Justice of South Africa"; the deputy heads of each court were also renamed similarly. These changes were intended to clarify the structure of the South African judiciary.
Chapter Two of the Constitution of South Africa contains the Bill of Rights, a human rights charter that protects the civil, political and socio-economic rights of all people in South Africa. The rights in the Bill apply to all law, including the common law, and bind all branches of the government, including the national executive, Parliament ...