On 12 July 2021, the Constitutional Court heard former President, Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma’s application to have his conviction and sentencing to 15 months ...

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On 14 December 2017, the HSF filed an application to review and set aside a series of unlawful, improper and/or corrupt exercises of public power.

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Secretary of the State Capture Commission v Zuma I

The Secretary of the State Capture Commission (“the Applicant”) brought an urgent application directly to the Constitutional Court seeking various declaratory ...

The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) filed a review application against the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in June 2013. The case involves certain decisions ...

On 1 July 2016, the Helen Suzman Foundation ("HSF") launched an urgent application against the SABC, its Board of Directors, the Minister of Communications and ...

On 31 March 2017, the President reshuffled Cabinet, replacing Mr Pravin Gordhan and Mr Mcebisi Jonas with Mr Malusi Gigaba and Mr Sfiso Buthelezi as Minister ...

In November 2016, the HSF’s and Freedom Under Law’s (FUL) lawyers sent a letter to President Jacob Zuma urging him to institute an enquiry into the fitness to ...

Secretary of the State Capture Commission v Zuma II (Contempt Application)

Mr. Zuma, the former President who is at the centre of the State Capture Commission’s investigations into state capture, corruption and fraud, has persistently ...

The HSF is concerned about the erosion of the rights of independent state institutions. As a result, in 2015 and 2016, the HSF acted in court proceedings as ...