Cape Town - The Western Cape High Court has dismissed the Democratic Alliance's bid to have the swearing in of President Jacob Zuma's new Cabinet ministers interdicted.
Judge Owen Rogers ruled that the DA did not present a strong enough case based on facts for the court to intervene in the President's prerogative to select his own Cabinet.
The DA's advocate Anton Katz tried to argue that the party's motion of confidence in Parliament will be redundant if the President's reshuffle is allowed to go ahead.
Party leader Mmusi Maimane filed the motion on Thursday afternoon, before the President's reshuffle at midnight.
Rational reasons are therefore required for Zuma's reshuffle, which has yet to be given, or it risks damaging the debate of no confidence.
Katz also tried to rely on statements made by deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday that the reasons for Gordhan and other's dismissals were "spurious".