Led by Julius Malema and his cronies, a daily assault has been directed at judges. But there is nothing to suggest that any of the current critics have the knowledge, competence or integrity to impugn the custodians of our jurisprudence, writes Yonela Diko
There is nothing to suggest that any of the current critics have the knowledge, competence or integrity to impugn the custodians of our jurisprudenceThe era of the mainstream media using its finite resources to choose what is news and what can be left out of the print is long gone.
Today, being informed is no longer a criterion for engaging in conversations, especially because people are hiding behind handles and faceless accounts. It’s about being loud, extreme, loose and reckless, all in search of standing out in a saturated conversation field.With an avalanche of idiotic messages, one does not lose anything by being absent on social media, but keeps one’s peace of mind.
In the recent past, especially after the Jacob Zuma presidency, the EFF has been losing court cases back-to-back, along with their political capital among sane people who once gave them a chance. This line of thinking, of course, defies logic because there is no political threat posed by the EFF, even if they won all their court cases.
Mbeki took the opportunity to cite commentary by Alexander Hamilton , one of the prominent legal scholars and drafters of the Constitution of the US. As Hamilton says, the number of people who can be judges must be small because that requisite knowledge must be matched, in equal measure if not more so, by the requisite integrity.
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