The disarray of South Africa’s criminal justice system is to a large degree the result of a conscious policy over the past decade, of attempts to fashion the leadership of various institutions to suit certain political or personal agendas.
HSF Joins CSOs in Letter Condemning Attacks on State Capture Commission
The Helen Suzman Foundation is pleased to announce that it was nominated and subsequently awarded The Bunnahabhain Humanitarian Award in honour of Chief Rabbi Harris by the South African Jewish Report and ABSA.
The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) notes the judgment and order of the Constitutional Court in the case brought by Corruption Watch, Freedom Under Law and Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution.
On 10 May 2017, the Helen Suzman Foundation (“HSF”) filed a direct application at the Constitutional Court for a review of former President Jacob Zuma’s decision to reshuffle his Cabinet on 31 March 2017.
The Helen Suzman Foundation is delighted to announce that former Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, will deliver the 2018 Helen Suzman Memorial Lecture.
In a judgment today (24 April 2018), the Constitutional Court ruled in favour of the Helen Suzman Foundation in the Foundation’s case against the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).
Yesterday evening, the Helen Suzman Foundation’s Justice Project was recognised for its excellence at the 2018 Gauteng Premier Service Excellence Awards. The award was received at a vibrant ceremony hosted by the Premier of Gauteng, Mr David Makhura, in Pretoria.
The facts surrounding mismanagement and corruption at Eskom are of paramount public interest and constitutional significance, and involve the rule of law at its most fundamental levels.
The Helen Suzman Foundation notes the judgment in the case brought by Corruption Watch, Freedom under Law and CASAC against the President, the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Mr Shaun Abrahams and the National Prosecuting Authority.
The Helen Suzman Foundation’s (“HSF”) appeal in its case against the Judicial Service Commission (“JSC”) regarding the obligation to disclose the JSC’s deliberations on judicial appointments will be heard in the Constitutional Court on Thursday, 31 August 2017.