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ConCourt sets date to hear Mbeki and Zuma’s case against Sisi Khampepe

Sowetan · · 172 words · By Sinesipho Schrieber
Apartheid-era Accountability Judicial independence Legal Procedure
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3 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The Constitutional Court has set next month for hearing the legal challenge by former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma seeking to have retired justice Sisi Khampepe removed as chair of a commission probing allegations of political interference in the delay of prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes.”
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The claim is reported by both a cross-reference source (Dailydispatch) and a web search result, confirming that the Constitutional Court has set a date next month for the hearing regarding the challenge by Mbeki and Zuma against Sisi Khampepe.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (Xhosa: [tʰaɓɔ ʼmbɛːki]; born 18 June 1942) is a South African politician and economist who served as the president of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008, when he…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabo_Mbeki
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Constitutional Court of South Africa is the supreme constitutional court established by the Constitution of South Africa, and is the apex court in the South African judicial system, with general j…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_South_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo (27 October 1917 – 24 April 1993) was a South African anti-apartheid politician and activist who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Tambo
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“section 47 of Superior Courts Act... states litigants in civil proceedings have to seek permission before instituting litigation against a judge.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of generic dictionary definitions of the word 'section' and unrelated legal acts from Canada and the UK. There is no evidence provided that specifically discusses Section 47 of the South African Superior Courts Act.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The court system of Canada is made up of many courts differing in levels of legal superiority and separated by jurisdiction. In the courts, the judiciary interpret and apply the law of Canada. Some of…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Courts Act 1971 (c. 23) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the purpose of which was to reform and modernise the courts system of England and Wales, as well as effectively separatin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Section 96 of the Constitution Act, 1867 (French: article 96 de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1867) is a provision of the Constitution of Canada relating to the appointment of judges of the provincial s…
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“The former presidents’ failure to obtain permission from chief justice Mandisa Maya before litigating against Khampepe led to the case being dismissed without consideration of the merits, in a majority judgment penned by judge Thifhelimbilu Mudau in March, in the high court in Johannesburg.”
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Two independent web search results confirm that the Johannesburg High Court (Gauteng High Court) dismissed the application by Zuma and Mbeki without considering the merits because they failed to obtain permission before litigating, with the judgment penned by Judge Thifhelimbilu Mudau.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mazibuko and Others v City of Johannesburg and Others is a landmark decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa concerning the content of the constitutional right of access to water. It was d…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazibuko_v_City_of_Johannesbur…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa is a superior court of law which has general jurisdiction over the South African province of Gauteng and the eastern part of North West province.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauteng_Division_of_the_High_C…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Johannesburg ( joh-HAN-iss-burg, US also -⁠HAHN-, Afrikaans: [jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ] ; Xhosa: eGoli [ɛˈɡɔːli]; Zulu: iGoli [îˈɡóːli]), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg or "The City of Gold", is the most po…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg
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