Online courts may well be the future

COVID 19 knows no boundaries and it seems the courts in many jurisdictions, and Africa in particular, cannot function amidst the crisis. There are no innovative and intelligent ways to provide a platform for the function of the courts without rigidity.

The courts have largely closed to the public, literally slamming the door on access to justice to thousands of citizens, whom in a State of Emergency and in the crisis we face, may need it the most. African governments are notorious for gross human rights violations, and under the cloak of state of emergencies that have been declared in many Southern African countries, the problem may be catastrophic.