Justice when fair is foul
Thursday, February 14, 2008
The administration of justice and the courts of law serve and favour only members of the legal institution comprising lawyers (prosecutors and defense counsels), magistrates, judges and the rest of them who studied the legal letter or practice it for themselves and their well paying or well placed clients.
Many examples abound in which cases are not poorly stage managed for everybody to see the hoax in them, but many cases are hastily put together to help let loose a client of the courts even against the odds of evidence mounting against the accused and often times against the ruling. For example, what was Judge Key Dingake thinking when he released Rre Mhlauli out on bail without knowing the arguments and merits of the case that convicted him in the first place; and even despite the Prosecutor's pleas that he has not seen the Court Records of the appeal case before him for to make a useful judgment as to whether the prisoner has reasonable "prospects for success"?
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...