/ 12 July 2023

Judges must deserve respect and trust

Justice Gavel And Block On Judge's Bench With Blank Plaque
KwaZulu-Natal’s water woes have again led to a delay in justice being served after the sentencing of a South Coast serial rapist, who drove around in his bakkie kidnapping teenage girls at gunpoint, was postponed in the Scottburgh regional court on Thursday

Any belief that the legal system is run on corruption is liable to become a self-fulfilling prophecy

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