THE judiciary in KwaZulu-Natal is disintegrating in the eyes of the public, High Court Judge Keith McCall has told the Judicial Services Commission in Pretoria. “The general perception is that the whole system is in tatters,” he said while being interviewed as one of three candidates for the vacant position of judge president of the Natal provincial division. He said an “enormous” backlog in criminal and civil cases was compounding the negative image of the judicial system in the province.