Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent

Franny Rabkin is the Sunday Times legal correspondent. She has clerked at the Constitutional Court, practiced as an attorney and has been a legal journalist for more than 15 years.

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
ConCourt should decide Zuma case before election, says IEC

'In the end, the plain text of section 47(1)(e) answers this case,' says Electoral Commission's counsel

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
Four years later, lawyers vindicated on appeal for breaching lockdown ...

The lawyers were not afforded the opportunity to address the court on the matter, says judge

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
Judicial landmarks in our democratic evolution

To mark 30 years of democracy, Franny Rabkin asked some of the lawyers and judges who helped to build our constitutional democracy one question: if ...

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
Zuma recusal application more about politics than law

In an answering affidavit filed on behalf of Zuma and the MK Party on Friday, its attorney, Nqobile Zungu, said at least five of the justices of the ...

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
Electoral Court ‘deeply fractured’ in its interpretation of Zuma/MK case: IEC

Electoral Commission asks apex court to resolve split in Electoral Court's thinking in new court papers

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
State lawyers describe state of ‘chaos’ in their office

A petition from staff at the Johannesburg state attorney’s office pleads for intervention from the justice department, saying ‘we cannot go on like ...

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
Judicial landmarks in our democratic evolution

In celebrating 30 years of Democracy in South Africa, Franny Rabkin asked some of the lawyers that helped build South Africa’s constitutional ...

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
Electoral Court gives reasons in MK Party, Zuma elections case

Court says ex-president was not 'sentenced' within the meaning of the constitution

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
ConCourt has 'constitutional duty' to hear Hlophe, say his lawyers

Directions from apex court about potential grounds of recusal of its justices ‘lacking in detail’, says Hlophe's legal team

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
ConCourt directs Zuma and MK party to respond to Electoral Commission by ...

Directions from the apex court come as judgment from the Electoral Court is awaited