Overview
- Judge Anthony Millar dismissed the urgent application on 9 December in Pretoria, finding no basis for interim or final relief.
- The ruling endorsed Senzo Mchunu’s special leave and upheld Firoz Cachalia’s appointment as acting police minister.
- The court affirmed the legality and rationality of creating the Madlanga Commission to investigate alleged corruption and interference in the justice system.
- The application was dismissed on the merits with each party ordered to pay its own costs.
- The case followed the Constitutional Court’s 31 July decision refusing direct access to Jacob Zuma and the MK party in their challenge to the President.