PICTURE: SHUTTERSTOCK The SABC journalists who are facing disciplinary charges for standing up to bullying at the public broadcaster say one of the reasons they went directly to the Constitutional Court is that it was clear the SABC would use the courts and litigation to delay and frustrate resolution of their cases.It does feel totally outrageous that state institutions can litigate endlessly to delay an outcome. The availability of different legal options is supposed to serve the cause of justice, not frustrate it. In fact, former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke once remarked that strategic preliminary litigation was "almost a national pastime".The best example has got to be the trial of Gary Porritt and Susan Bennett, who were indicted in 2004 for fraud and tax offences and have seemingly thrown everything but the kitchen sink into delaying their trial — including going all the way to the Supreme Court of Appeal demanding that Legal Aid pay for their defence, after spending...
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