Niren Tolsi's Profile

Niren Tolsi is a senior journalist with the Mail & Guardian.

His areas of interest include social justice; citizen mobilisation and state violence; protest; the constitution and the constitutional court and football.

Tolsi has been published in GQ, Marie Claire and Blu magazines, amongst others, and has appeared as an analyst on BBC news and the UK-based Guardian newspaper's podcasts.

He is currently completing his first novel.

Tolsi is a volunteer at the International Fluffers Support Group and has prevented many a tired wrist from being slashed.

JSC's Izak Smuts resigns after transformation row

Judicial Service Commission member Izak Smuts has resigned after a week of controversy over a his leaked report on transformation.

JSC conflict laid bare by inconsistency

Judge Clive Plasket's comparative inquisition reveals a commission fractured on issue of transformation, writes Niren Tolsi.

JSC extends Davis's tenure at Competition Appeals Court

The Judicial Service Commission announced Dennis Davis’s tenure as head of the Competition Appeals Court would be extended for a further five years.

JSC defends transformation imperatives for the judiciary

The issue of transformation has come up during the JSC's search for judicial candidates, with a leaked report implying white males will be excluded.

Deny land to claimants 'as last resort'

Concourt overturns earlier judgments, saying that non-restitution must be the exception not the rule.

ConCourt minds the gap in vote of no confidence motion

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and the rest of the Constitutional Court bench will be "tasting the pudding" for the rest of the Easter long weekend.
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