For three decades, Lesotho’s National Assembly has blithely neglected an important duty required by the constitution – to pass a law dealing with ‘conflicts of interest’ by MPs and senators in relation to government contracts. Now though, the country’s constitutional...
Malawi’s struggle with corruption in high places has become even more complicated because of ongoing delays and difficulties in appointing someone to head the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau. Now the high court has issued an important decision that could have...
The alarming shortage of serving judges in Namibia is emerging as a national crisis. Several events illustrate the scale of the problem. First, a High Court judge made unprecedented remarks on the issue in court. Two days later, the Chief …Share this:Click to...
Details of the huge wealth accumulated by former Zimbabwean Cabinet Minister Ignatius Chombo, now public knowledge because of a bitterly contested divorce settlement, have transfixed many people in that country. Now there’s been another, unusual, new judgment...
Terrible fires have burnt the Overberg this month. This is the part of the Western Cape where I live and while we’ve been seeing close up what the fires mean, the resulting dense smoke plumes could even be seen in …Share this:Click to share on Twitter...
