Critics of South Africa’s judges are raising the temperature: legitimate, or dangerous?

Hugh Corder

August 22, 2019

The South African judiciary is once more centre stage in the political drama unfolding around the battle for supremacy within the governing African National Congress (ANC).

In any constitutional democracy worth the name, the judiciary will be the ultimate guarantor of the rule of law and the supremacy of the Constitution.

If the judges act independently and impartially (as prescribed in section 165 of South Africa’s Constitution), their judgments will inevitably, on occasion, displease party politicians and members of the Executive.

The full article is available on The Conversation (cover image from GCIS/Flickr)