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The Constitutional Court dealt with a joint pardon application by Mr Fusi Simon Mofokeng and Mr Tshokolo Joseph Mokoena. It declared that the first to fourth respondents failed to fulfil their constitutional obligations in failing diligently and without delay to decide the application, and it held that the applicants are entitled to constitutional damages.
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The applicants are entitled to constitutional damages for the first to fourth respondents’ failure to fulfil their constitutional obligations.
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The parties are directed to file written submissions not exceeding 30 pages on the quantum of constitutional damages: (a) by the applicants, by 11 November 2026; and (b) by the respondents, by 25 November 2026.
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