STATEMENT: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT’S TLOKWE-JUDGMENT A WARNING TO IEC AND POLITICAL PARTIES
2015-11-30
The Centre for Constitutional Rights (the CFCR) welcomes a unanimous judgment by the Constitutional Court in which the Court set aside the results of a number of by-elections in Tlokwe Local Municipality and ordered fresh by-elections – because the elections were not free and fair.
In its recent judgment in Kham and Others v Electoral Commission and Another, the Court also declared that, in future, when registering a voter to vote in a particular voting district, the Independent Electoral Commission (the IEC) is obliged to obtain sufficient particularity of the voter’s address to enable it to ensure that the voter is at the time of registration ordinarily resident in that voting district.
Introduction
2015 marks the 24th year of the ‘16 Days of Activism against Violence against Women’ campaign. By now, it is common knowledge that this is an initiative of the United Nations to acknowledge, address and eliminate all forms of violence against women. Each year, for 16 days, governments, organisations and people from all walks of life run campaigns and programmes aimed at creating awareness about gender-based violence, all wearing the colour orange which has become synonymous with the movement.
THE CONSTITUTION AND GOOD PUBLIC LEADERSHIP: BREAKFAST DISCUSSION SERIES 2015
20 November marks the day on which the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 
The Centre for Constitutional Rights (the CFCR) notes with concern the escalating levels of violence, intimidation and racial tones accompanying student protests at university campuses and elsewhere across South Africa – whether committed by students, or in response to student protests.
Today, October 15, is the International Day of Rural Women as set by the United Nations. The day seeks to recognise the role of rural women in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty. Indications, however, are that South Africa is far from this ideal.
The Centre for Constitutional Rights (the CFCR) welcomes the Supreme Court of Appeal’s (SCA) judgment in SABC v DA in which the Court upheld an order by the Western Cape Division of the High Court to suspend South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Chief Operating Officer, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, pending a disciplinary hearing.
5 October annually marks World Teachers’ Day. The day, according to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), is set aside to ensure that the needs of future generations will continue to be met by teachers. Suffice to say, teachers play a vital role in any society for a number of reasons. They provide education to young people, who in turn become the leaders of the next generation. They also impart knowledge to children in their most impressionable years, thus establishing a foundation that remains for the rest of their lives.