The Helen Suzman Foundation, along with eight other civil society organisations, has called on the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) not to proceed with any new interviews for judicial appointment until the JSC has in place a published code of conduct for commissioners and stipulated criteria to assess suitability of candidates for appointment.
In a submission to the Home Affairs Portfolio Committee, the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has detailed its concerns with the Electoral Amendment Bill drafted to allow for the election of independent candidates.
SANEF in partnership with the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism is hosting a series of webinars to accompany the relaunch of the Reporting the Courts manual. Tomorrow at 10:00, the Helen Suzman Foundation's Chelsea Ramsden will appear alongside Lawson Naidoo of CASAC and Zikhona Ndlebe of Judges Matter for a live discussion on the role of the judiciary and the office of the Chief Justice.
Protest at the degraded process that was the Judicial Service Commission’s (JSC) recent interviews for the Chief Justice position has been unscrupulously represented as opposition to the possible appointment of Justice Mandisa Maya as Chief Justice.
Tomorrow at 12:00, the Helen Suzman Foundation's Director, Nicole Fritz, will be participating in a live discussion with the Daily Maverick regarding the case of Manuel Chang.
In this press release, the Helen Suzman Foundation sets out the Constitutional Provisions governing the executive authority of the Republic of South Africa as applicable to the recent exchanges between the President and the Minister of Tourism.
On 7 January 2022, Minister of Tourism Lindiwe Sisulu published an article in which she launched an extraordinary attack on South Africa’s justice system, its Constitution, and the judiciary. Although authored in her personal capacity, Ms Sisulu’s public utterances, made as a member of the Executive and as a high-ranking member of the African National Congress, must be repudiated in the strongest terms.
On 26 December 2021, South Africa bid farewell to much-loved Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. His life was one of unfaltering moral clarity and courage in the face of injustice – past and present.
Gauteng High Court Declares National Commissioner’s Decision To Be Unlawful And Orders Mr Zuma To Return To Jail.
The Gauteng High Court Has Delivered Judgment In The Matter Concerning The Extradition Of Manuel Chang.
Judgment Was Delivered Today In The Appeal Of The Magistrates Commission v Richard Lawrence, Where The Helen Suzman Foundation Participated As The Amicus Curiae.
The Helen Suzman Foundation (“HSF”) Will Be Litigating In The Pretoria High Court Today In An Application To Review The Then-National Commissioner Of Correctional Services, Arthur Fraser’s, Decision To Place Mr Zuma On Medical Parole.