Reflections of a ‘judicial priest’
Friday, December 19, 2025 | 410 Views |
Luminary: Dingake is one of the country’s finest minds
The book charts an extraordinary life: from humble rural beginnings in Mosalakwane (on the outskirts of Bobonong), born to peasant parents, to the heights of global jurisprudence – hearing appeals in Papua New Guinea, shaping rights jurisprudence in Botswana, serving on the Court of Appeal of Seychelles, and sitting on an international tribunal in Sierra Leone.
The arc of the book is dramatic and instructive: it is the story of one man’s relentless pursuit of justice across continents, legal systems, and cultures.
But on the particularly sensitive question of cadre deployment, the BNF must tread very carefully.The issue deserves robust debate, not ideological enthusiasm. Recent public comments from the BNF leadership are reassuring: the party has said that government positions should be based on merit and competence rather than party membership, and that it does not have a specific cadre-deployment policy.That principle should remain firmly at the centre...