EDITORIAL: Perilous to use judiciary as a punching bag
Threats to judges are dangerous in an increasingly polarised ANC where infighting trumps democratic values
12 February 2020 - 05:00
In the past few days, Pietermaritzburg high court judge Dhayanithie Pillay has come under increasing fire from politicians angered by her issuing a warrant of arrest for former president Jacob Zuma.
Pillay ordered the arrest — which has been suspended until the next court hearing in the first week of May — last week after Zuma failed to show up for a scheduled court hearing related to corruption charges over a multibillion-rand deal in the 1990s to buy European military equipment. ..
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