The ANC succession debate is with us. Again, it is dramatic and seems to be promising a new telenovela after one that starred Deputy Justice Raymond Zondo. The 2021 municipal elections have given the nation a trailer of how South Africans can behave with regards to the ANC as [...]

  In his treatise on ‘The Future of Roman-Dutch Law…’, and as cited by Meierhenrich, Albie Sachs submits that ‘ “when Mandela made his famous denunciation of South African justice at his first trial after his capture, he did so with an elegance that enriched the patrimony of English usage in [...]

     The succession debate is with us again. 2022 is officially a in-ANC election year, primaries of the real 2024 battle for governing South Africa have begun. Compounding this season is the compressed backlog of regional and provincial conferences that could not sit because of the ‘social distancing’ COVID19 [...]

   In the remedial actions section of Advocate Thuli Madonsela, now Professor at Stellenbosch University, and former Public Protector’s report on the State of Capture, she recommended the ‘establishment of a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate “alleged bridge of the Executive Members Ethics Code of 1998”, “awarding of contracts [...]