MICHAEL AVERY: Assassinations cast a long shadow over rule of law

I was settling into my hotel room no more than 2km from Gateway Mall in Umhlanga, getting ready to watch the president’s opening of parliament address (knowing what I definitely didn’t want to hear), when news broke of the attempt to assassinate advocate Coreth Naudé outside the popular eThekwini shopping centre.

Naudé had just left a tax inquiry looking into the affairs of controversial business-person Shauwn Mkhize and her company, Royal AM Football Club, and other entities, held at the offices of Cox Yeats Attorneys in Umhlanga. ..

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