It’s “fake democracy” when the judiciary is considered merely incidental to the state,but judges must conclude their bit to uphold judicial independence and not corrupt facts and truth. That was Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s blunt opening message to the fourth Congress of the Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa (CCJA) in Cape Town this week. It’s a complicated dynamic. “Our independence requires we be alive that there’s a opportunity of it being corrupted by foreign interests, by warlords and modern-day dictators, or ” said the county’s top judge. By MARIANNE MERTEN.
Source: dailymaverick.co.za