TAKE a look at the behaviour of a bunch of politicians in the Northern Cape, and you can see how even the remotest parts of South Africa suffer from people who put selfish party interests above serving the people. Earlier …Share this: Share on X (Opens in new...
WHEN a woman kills her baby for no serious reason, what’s an appropriate punishment? It’s a hard question for judges in Namibia where infanticide has become such a problem that a judge recently imposed 20 years as a deterrent. The …Share this: Share on X (Opens...
IT’S a standard of crime fiction – the deranged killer who tortures and kills street walkers and rent boys. Most readers would have the luxury of a detached consideration: was the story well-written; did we find it compelling? But for …Share this: Share on X...
FEW people think of court decisions as inspiration for comedy. This would be a mistake. Especially if you are a lover of Norwegian Blue parrots, John Cleese and Michael Palin. I am thinking, on this occasion, of a new decision …Share this: Share on X (Opens in...
THOUGH beset by serious problems of his own, South Africa’s Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has a lot of advice for judges in the rest of Africa. Speaking at Chatham House in London last month, the Chief Justice’s given topic was …Share this: Share on X (Opens in...
WHY does the law have such an obsession about gender? A stupid question perhaps, but one I found myself asking the other day as I read court papers in which – as usual – everyone identified themselves in their affidavits …Share this: Share on X (Opens in new...
