CSL2601 Assignment 2 Answers 2020

CSL2601
ASSIGNMENT 2
Year: 2020
Unique Number: 524755


Abstract
This is the 2020 second compulsory assignment of the subject CSL2601 – Constitutional Law
Its format is a written assignment.



Supervisor: Prof Mbuzeni

, CSL2601 – Assignment 2 Unique Number: 524755


Table of Contents
Question 1 ....................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 How constitutional law should be interpreted and understood in a decolonised or
Africanised way............................................................................................................ 1

1.2 What does the Court mean when it describes the separation of powers as
“axiomatic”? ................................................................................................................. 4

1.3 Explain whether it is possible for the Constitutional Court to declare that the
‘Imperial Imperatives of Institutions of Higher Learning Bill’ is invalid at this stage of the
legislative process. ...................................................................................................... 6

1.4 Is it unconstitutional for the Judge President of the South Gauteng High Court to
inform the Constitutional Court judges that they “must find in favour of elite financial
enrichment”? ................................................................................................................ 8

Question 2 ..................................................................................................................... 10

In your own words, and in no more than 3 A4 pages, discuss the case of Absa Bank
Limited and Others v Public Protector and Others [2018] 2 All SA 1 (GP). ................ 10




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