EDITORIAL: Judiciary to be commended
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and his colleagues on the Constitutional Court bench have delivered a clear and stern lesson about accountability
It took until last week for Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini to say sorry for the social grants crisis — and even then, she said it was because a "young friend" had prompted her to do so. Then we had President Jacob Zuma saying sorry, but even then it was only for the anxiety caused by the social grants crisis, not for the crisis itself, and it was after he giggled in Parliament as he denied that there was a crisis at all. The lack of any sense of responsibility or accountability — or indeed of shame — has been a hallmark of the response to the crisis by the minister, her boss and those around them. But Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and his colleagues on the Constitutional Court bench on Friday delivered a clear and stern lesson about accountability. They also came up with a timely, assertive and sensible response to what in their words would be a "catastrophe", if grants were not paid to all 11-million beneficiaries on April 1. Yet, welcome as Friday’s judgment may be,...
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