Ngcobo: Don't take your freedoms for granted
Former chief justice Sandile Ngcobo says South Africans should not take their rights to freedom of expression and information for granted.
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Lawyers join call for judges to show and tell
Judges should disclose their financial and business interests, a group of lawyers says. But that shouldn't necessarily apply to their relatives.
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To judge the judgments
The Cabinet wants an independent review of decisions made by the Constitutional Court.
Good: the executive may learn something.
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JSC's failure leaves the country in the dark about Mogoeng
Ultimately the president has the power to appoint the chief justice, but this does not mean the JSC should act as a rubber stamp.
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Adrift from our democratic moorings
Why is President Jacob Zuma and the JSC imposing Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng as our chief justice when he is clearly unsuitable for the position?
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Time to reconstitute the NPA
Jackie Selebi's conviction has been a victory for the independence of the judiciary, but now the onus is on the NPA to prove itself.
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McBride was convicted -- period!
If someone was convicted of murder but later granted amnesty for their action, does that mean we should no longer call him or her a murderer?
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New-look judiciary mooted
Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo is setting out to transfer the administrative side of the courts to the judiciary.
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When the legal numbers don't add up
The recent spate of appointments to the Bench has again focused attention on the criteria for judicial appointment.
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Sharpen your aim
Law and order has almost always been a political no-brainer; even in the most tranquil of democracies voters thrill to the rhetoric of the big stick.
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