EFF notice debacle delays court challenge to Riotous Assemblies Act
A procedural mishap, involving a notice the EFF filed at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, has led to a delay in the party's challenge to the constitutionality of the Riotous Assemblies Act.
This, after the party told the court on Thursday that procedures relating to a notice they had filed with the registrar of the court, in terms of Rule 16A of the Uniform Rules of Court, were not carried out correctly.
Such a notice is filed when a constitutional issue is raised in a case and an interested party can apply to be admitted as amicus curiae (friend of the court).
It has to contain a clear and succinct description of the constitutional issue concerned, and the registrar has to place it on the notice for a period of 20 days.
However, a technicality led to the procedure not strictly being carried out the way it should have been.