ERT case Summary: City Council of Pretoria v Walker 1998 (3) BCLR 257 (CC)
This is the ERT case summary of the Constitutional Court of South Africa decision of City Council of Pretoria v Walker 1998 (3) BCLR 257 (CC).
This is the ERT case summary of the Constitutional Court of South Africa decision of City Council of Pretoria v Walker 1998 (3) BCLR 257 (CC).
This is the ERT case summary of the Constitutional Court of South Africa decision of Bhe and others v The Magistrate, Khayelitsha and others Case CCT 49/03; Shibi v Sithole and others Case CCT 69/03; South African Human Rights Commission and another v President of the Republic of South Africa and another Case CCT 50/03.
On 4 June 2008, the Constitutional Court of South Africa handed down the decision in the case of Shilubana and Others v Nwamitwa (Case CCT 3/07). The case arose out of a succession dispute, following the death in 2001 of the chief of the Valoyi community in Limpopo. The eldest son of the deceased chief disputed a decision that the Royal Family adopted in December 1996 to end male primogeniture and confer chieftainship to the eldest daughter of the deceased’s brother (and predecessor in title) of the then reigning chief.
London, 11 June 2008
On 4 June 2008, the Constitutional Court of South Africa handed down the decision in the case of Shilubana and Others v Nwamitwa (Case CCT 3/07). The case arose out of a succession dispute, following the death in 2001 of the chief of the Valoyi community in Limpopo. The eldest son of the deceased chief disputed a decision that the Royal Family adopted in December 1996 to end male primogeniture and confer chieftainship to the eldest daughter of the deceased’s brother (and predecessor in title) of the then reigning chief.