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The African Transformation Movement was on Wednesday granted the right to argue in court that a secret ballot should be allowed for Thursday’s no-confidence vote. File photo.Image: ESA ALEXANDER/SUNDAY TIMES

Saga over Ramaphosa no-confidence vote continues with last-minute court battle

Just hours before President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to face a vote of no confidence in parliament on Thursday, the saga will play out in the Cape Town high court. The African Transformation Movement (ATM), which brought the application…

Cigarette sales will remain banned after government won its court battle against the Fair-Trade Tobacco Association. Image: 123rf.com/marcbruxelle

BREAKING: Court rules cigarette ban must stay in place

“The application by Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association is dismissed.” With these words, the high court ruled on Friday that the sale of tobacco products would remain banned under the government’s lockdown regulations. Fita had…

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and the DA are slugging it out in court on Friday over the lockdown ban on hairdressers and personal care services. There are about 90,000 people active in the sector, which is worth about R300bn. Image: THULI DLAMINI

It could get ugly: lockdown ban on hairdressers, beauticians in court today

The DA and co-operative governance & traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma are set to butt heads in the high court in Cape Town on Friday over hair and beauty. The opposition party has hauled Dlamini-Zuma before court over…

HANDS OFF: Xolobeni where the proposed titanium mine was meant to be builtPicture: FILE/LULAMILE FENI

Xolobeni ruling restores people’s power

In November 2018, last year, the High Court of South Africa made a landmark decision in the ongoing struggle between the Xolobeni community on the Wild Coast and the department of mineral resources. The court ruled that the department…

Absa goes to court over public protector report

Absa said on Wednesday it would approach the high court to oppose a public protector report which found the bank liable to pay more than R1 billion related to a Reserve Bank bailout granted in the 1990s. The bailout was granted to…