As expected, the recent hearings of the Judicial Service Commission again cast the spotlight on the criteria for judicial appointment.
The government might have thought that, after the ConCourt delivered its judgment Sanral’s e-tolling matter, a new era had been ushered in.
Last week the Constitutional Court surprised few in the legal community when it overturned the high court order of Judge Bill Prinsloo.
Within a few days of the NPA announcement that it was dropping charges of murder against 270 Lonmin miners, a spoof had made its way on the internet.
The survival and development of constitutional democracy depends ultimately on establishing a social practice that shapes the way people behave.
Mac Maharaj has raised an important point about the NPA. Certainly, if members are acting outside the law it is hugely worrying.
The debate about the nationalisation of SA mines continues merrily but it is taking place in astounding ignorance of the actual legal position.
Viewed from the context of SA in 2012, Common Purpose reminds us of apartheid brutality, FW de Klerk’s recent protestations notwithstanding.
The political tsunami generated by "The Spear" has begun to subside, so there is some relative calm in which to assess the consequences of the outcry.
The government’s obvious displeasure with the courts should not be a sufficient excuse to avoid debate on the appropriate scope for judicial activity.