At the end of April 2025, the Constitutional Court set aside a policy directive by the prisons authorities that prohibited the use of personal computers in cells for the purposes of further education in circumstances where the use is reasonably required for such further education. In order to avail themselves of the benefits of this
The “provision of goods and services” as government procurement under section 217 of the Constitution
The Supreme Court of Appeal held that the requirements of section 217(1) of the Constitution regarding fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost-effective procurement were not met where a private contracting party was providing services to smallholder farmers to promote beef
A Constitutionally invalid agreement is void from inception and does not confer any rights under the contract
The dispute concerned a lease for a hotel in Coffee Bay, Transkei for a period of 20 years that was held to be constitutionally invalid because the lease had been signed contrary to the laws relating to public