IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA
CASE NUMBER: CCT 304/2016
In the matter of:
LIESCHING, PIET PIETERJIE 1
stAPPLICANT
SWARTZ, MALVIN NAAS 2
ndAPPLICANT
MALGAS, XAVIER 3
rdAPPLICANT
and
THE STATE RESPONDENT
CONDONATION APPLICATION
BE PLEASED TO TAKE NOTICE THAT the
BE PLEASED TO TAKE NOTICE THAT the Respondent hereby applies for condonation for late filing of its written arguments.BE PLEASED TO TAKE NOTICE FURTHER, THAT the affidavit of SIFISO KHUMALO will be used in support of the application.
DATED at JOHANNESBURG on this the 5th JUNE 2017.
______________________
S.J KHUMALO
COUNSELF FOR THE RESPONDENT
IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA
CASE NUMBER: CCT 304/2016
In the matter of:
LIESCHING, PIET PIETERJIE 1
stAPPLICANT
SWARTZ, MALVIN NAAS 2
ndAPPLICANT
MALGAS, XAVIER 3
rdAPPLICANT
and
THE STATE RESPONDENT
AFFIDAVIT
I, the undersigned
SIFISO KHUMALO
do hereby make an oath and say:
1.
I am a Senior State Advocate employed by the National Prosecuting Authority at the Gauteng Local Division, Johannesburg.
2.
The facts contained herein are within my personal knowledge and are both true and correct.
3.
The Respondent’s Heads of Argument were not filed timeously because the Legal Aid offices were closed earlier on Friday the 2nd and I was informed by the Appeals manager of my office that the Constitutional Court will not
accept the documents for filing unless same had first been served on the opponents.
4.
As a result the documents were served and filed on Monday the 5th June 2017. I humbly apologize for the delay in filing the said documents.
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DEPONENT
Signed and sworn to before me at Johannesburg this 5th day of June 2017.
The deponent having acknowledged that he knows and understands the contents of this affidavit, he has no objection to taking the prescribed oath and considers the oath binding on her conscience.
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COMMISSIONER OF OATH