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The Constitutional Court has granted the SA Police Service leave to appeal against a ruling in a long-running affirmative action case involving former Lt-Col Renate Barnard.
Barnard resigned from the police in June.
Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke said on Tuesday morning that following a unanimous order - leave to appeal is granted.
The SAPS had appealed to the Constitutional Court against a Supreme Court of Appeal decision that it had discriminated against Barnard on the basis of
race.
The case goes back nine years to 2005 when Barnard first applied for the post of Lt-Col, which was superintendent according to the old rankings.
Despite recommendations by an interview panel and her divisional commissioner, the national police commissioner did not appoint her
to the position on the basis that racial representation at the level of superintendent would be negatively affected.
