CCT43/02

[2002] ZACC 24

2003 (1) SA 533 (CC)

2003 (1) BCLR 1 (CC)

Chaskalson CJ

11 November 2002

19 November 2002

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2158

Application for direct access to Constitutional Court to vary an order in the judgment handed down by the Constitutional Court in United Democratic Movement v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others (1) 2003 (1) SA 495 (CC) ; 2002 (11) BCLR 1179 (CC).

expired 5 members of the KwaZulu-Natal provincial legislature who crossed were replaced. In a unanimous decision by Chaskalson CJ, the court stressed that there has to be finality in litigation otherwise there would be uncertainty in the lower courts. In addition, the Court's power to vary its own order should be used sparingly. Lastly, the judgment found there to be no ambiguity in its order and therefore no need to clarify.