South Africa’s Constitutional Court judgment shows concern that the independence of the country’s prosecuting authority has been compromised.
- Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance, University of Cape Town
South Africa’s constitution has been amended 17 times already. But, the procedure for doing so is onerous.
The Supreme Court of Appeal judgment means that South Africa’s president must be prosecuted - unless the national director of public prosecutions decides again to drop the charges against him.
South Africa’s Constitutional Court is in a fix. The only way to deliver social grants that support millions would be through a process that’s without validation, would be unlawful and invalid.
The week has not begun well for Oscar Pistorius. Under relentless cross-examination from prosecutor Gerrie Nel, the Paralympian athlete, standing trial for shooting and killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp…
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