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dc.date.accessioned 2017-04-08T17:07:58Z
dc.date.available 2017-04-08T17:07:58Z
dc.date.created 2007-02-20 en
dc.identifier.citation [2007] ZACC 20
dc.identifier.citation 2008 (1) SA 566 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation 2008 (1) BCLR 1 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/3173
dc.title Masetlha v President of the Republic of South Africa and Another en
dc.title.alternative CCT1/07 en
dc.identifier.casenumber CCT1/07 en
dc.contributor.judge Moseneke DCJ Majority judgment
dc.contributor.judge Ngcobo J separate judgment
dc.contributor.judge Sachs J separate judgment
dc.date.judgment 3 October 2007
dc.link.judgment http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/3173/Full%20judgment%20Official%20version%20%28572%20Kb%29-11040.pdf?sequence=25&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis This application for leave to appeal deals with the constitutional validity of two decisions of the President, namely suspension and termination of Masetlha's employment as head and Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency. Questions: whether the power to amend a term of employment or to dismiss is located within s. 209(2) of the Constitution, read with s. 3(3)(a) of Intelligence Service Act (ISA) and s. 12(2) of the Public Service Act (PSA) or within all of these provisions read together, and whether the provisions are capable of being construed harmoniously and secondly, whether the authority is executive power or administrative action reviewable under PAJA. The majority held that the President dismissed the applicant in terms of s. 209(2) of the Constitution read with s. 3(3)(a) of ISA. There is a distinction between the substantive power to appoint and dismiss a head of an intelligence service, on the one hand, and the resultant contract of employment which is regulated by the provisions of section 12 of the PSA. Further, the procedural and permissive requirements of ss. 12(2) and (4) of the PSA must not be read alone, but in conjunction with the constitutional and operative legislative scheme. Majority: Moseneke DCJ (Langa CJ, Navsa AJ, Nkabinde J, O' Regan J, Skweyiya J and van der Westhuizen J concurring). Dissent: Ngcobo J (Madala J concurring). Separate: Sachs J.
dc.concourt.casehistory Application for leave to appeal directly to the CC against the decisiion of the Pretoria High Court: Masetlha v President of the Republic of South Africa and Another Case No 7441/06 , 19 December 2006


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