Comments on: Ngcobo a bad choice for chief justice

By: rayjay

rayjay — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:59:10 +0000

Good article.
@ Revolutionary Warrior:
Of course that was a political statement by Moseneke, and it clearly showed his LACK of bias. His decisions will be based on whats good for the people, not whats good for the ANC (or any other party).
Hlope is indeed a joke, sad that his fans find him to be ‘the finest African brain available for the job’..

By: Moodiela

Moodiela — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:41:26 +0000

Your naive utterances are not surprising especially from prophets of doom and gloom like you. You and your unguided COPE tried to mislead South Africans before and during the April elections and you failed brouhaha and furore. What you are doing now is the last kick of a dying horse. Of course we also understand that your role as minority opposition is to blindly oppose everything that the ANC government does without scientific and proper analysis. It is indeed veracious that anger is the enemy of logic. Whether you like it or not, Jacob Zuma does not need your approval to appoint a judge of the supreme court. If you have issues with judge Ncgobo, that’s your own babe to feed. The masses of our people know better and they can never be fooled by distorted opinions masqueraded as facts in forums of this nature. Hands off Jacob Zuma hands off!!!

By: Tboz

Tboz — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:08:32 +0000

Sentletse

You Shikota!!!!!!!!!

CJ Pius Langa’s interview with M&G:

He also said that no convention has ever been in place at the Constitutional Court that would have seen his current deputy, Dikgang Moseneke, succeed him as he succeeded Chaskalson.

“I can’t say there has been a convention. I was deputy chief justice and it pleased the president [Thabo Mbeki] then to nominate me as the next chief justice, but I did not think there was that entitlement; the Constitution does not create that entitlement.

By: Revolutionary Warrior

Revolutionary Warrior — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:06:19 +0000

I give up on you. Please just be objective when you write your article and not sure any partisan in your tone.

“I chose this job very carefully. I have another 10 to 12 years on the bench and I want to use my energy to help create an equal society. It’s not what the ANC wants or what the delegates want; it is about what is good for our people.”

Was this not a political statement by Moseneke????

By: Nokubulela

Nokubulela — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:33:42 +0000

A well-written article swathed in bias and a flawed premise. As you so correctly pointed out ‘natural succession’ has become a tradition in the ANC but what we are dealing with here is not a political party with its own private dynamics but the highest court in the land, tasked with protecting the constitution. There is no room for ‘logical’ and natural successors. The best man for the job must be found, being Deputy does not entitle one to the position. You’ve told us everything that makes DC Justice Moseneke a good candidate but nothing on why Justice Ngcobo is not. Is it perhaps because he also has ‘upheld the principles of justice and respected the position he holds as a judge’? Truth be told Ngcobo is an excellent candidate, on par and perhaps even better than Moseneke. Your support for the latter seems to stem from your shared, hostile feelings towards the ruling party. The CJ should be above politics.

By: mchenge

mchenge — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:56:23 +0000

The only people who will find fault with your thesis are those who stand to benefit from the banana republic that the ANC is turning our beloved country into.

@ Old, female, paleface – Very right. Sense and the Luthuli House are oil and water.

By: Leaga Lesufi

Leaga Lesufi — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:44:31 +0000

It is indeed disappointing to learn that Deputy Chief Justice “MoAfrika” Dikgang Moseneke has been overlooked by President JZ. He would rather appoint DA & FF members in positions of authority than appointing “Son of the Soil” an Africanist who would, without a doubt, ensure that transformation in the judiciary is realized.

Clearly we are in a Neo-Colonial order under this anc lead government, which does not want an equal society, rather the BBBEE for cronies and politically connected individuals.

When will this peole stop appointing people based on tribal, political and loyalty cards. This is as a result of them abandoning the Africanist Nation Building Liberatory Project and opting for the easy way out, to “sell out”.

We are far from realising Freedom in Africa.

IzweLethu IAfrika
Leaga Lesufi
Pan Africanist Youth Congress of Azania

By: Peter Joffe

Peter Joffe — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:02:45 +0000

I wonder what percentage of the population that voted ANC in the recent election are literate and informed? The trouble with democracy in Africa is that the people who contribute the least to the economy and to the country make the greatest demands on the state coffers and then we get the comment from “BONGO”, that says that the other parties in the election are irrelevant?
The ruling party promised the earth to their supporters, and their supporters believed them “again” so the show goes on. If you have nothing whow would you vote for? A man who offers you a house, or one tells you that you cannot have a house at this time?
When income tax and taxes were first invented by a Frenchman named The Marquise De Marbant, it went like this:- “No Representation Without Taxation” which:- In other words means that those who work and grow the country should rule it. Some may argue that everyone pays Vat but that is not the main source of Revenue Services.
Zuma promised all sorts of things knowing full well that he could not deliver but then he was looking for votes, not looking to supply that which he knew he could not supply.
Now we hear that the government represents the majority of the people and all else are not relevant?
It is probably that the ‘opposition parties’ represent the educated, the informed and the major tax payers.

By: Zama

Zama — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:57:35 +0000

I have never heard of Justice Moseneke, but you pose a very stong case for him.
What does concern me though is the surprise at the manner in which appointments are beign handled of late. We know that politicians are privy to personal appointments and the campaign that Zuma adn the ANC ran could not have produced a system any different. It’s to be expect; sad but to be expect.

By: cedric gina

cedric gina — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:48:51 +0000

I am waiting for the response.