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High Court of the Executive: Zuma’s remission of sentences

Loammi Wolf — Wed, 02 May 2012 08:14:24 +0000

On April 27 1994 all South Africans could vote for the first time to mark a new era of equality and justice for all. This stands in stark contrast to how the rule of law, criminal justice and equality in the execution of criminal sentences are viewed by the executive today. Last Friday it was...

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The DA-Zuma judgment: An administrative criminal-law cocktail?

Loammi Wolf — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:35:11 +0000

In April 2009, shortly before the general elections, the then acting director of the NPA, Mokotedi Mpshe, and his deputy, Willie Hofmeyr, decided to enter a nolle prosequi in the pending criminal prosecution of Jacob Zuma, the president of the ANC. The DA then brought a lawsuit to review the legality of the dropping of...

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Media tribunal: Why access to the courts is important

Loammi Wolf — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:22:58 +0000

The ANC’s thrust to create a Media Appeals Tribunal has met with considerable opposition across the board. I would like to focus on two issues in the debate on press freedom that received little attention. Depending on the perspective, the one could be described as the flipside of the other. State regulation and non-state self-regulation...

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