ACCOUNTABILITY
Age of impunity is over and justices have sent a memo to the powerful
In Sassa case, top court’s willingness to stretch ‘just and equitable’ remedy to limits of the law, commendable
There is much to celebrate in the judgment of the Constitutional Court in the urgent application brought by the Black Sash to ensure the continuation of regular and reliable monthly payment of about 17-million grants around the country. The court graphically demonstrates its fealty to constitutional values and its commitment to upholding the rule of law without fear or favour. Its willingness to stretch the "just and equitable" remedy it has to the limits of the law is commendable in the circumstances. The rule nisi calling on the unspeakably inept Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini to show cause why she should not pay the costs of the matter because of the role her apparent incompetence and lack of oversight have played in bringing the matter to a crisis is particularly salutary. This development ought to inform the police minister in his announced intention to appeal against the high court’s decision to invalidate his appointment of the mendacious Berning Ntlemeza as he...
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