“How do you conduct an open court if everything is remote and you only have the participants [in the virtual hearing]?” asked Judge Glenn Goosen, an acting justice in the Supreme Court of Appeal, at a panel discussion on accessing justice and online courts, on Wednesday.
At the hybrid panel discussion, which had guests online and in person, hosted by the Hanns Seidel Foundation and UCT’s Democratic Governance and Rights Unit, Goosen asked: How do we ensure that we’re accountable and transparent when so many people are being excluded from what’s happening?
To address this challenge, the Eastern Cape High Court decided to record its sessions and post them on YouTube, said Goosen. The Constitutional Court also regularly posts its sessions on YouTube.
SIU claims Masuku’s denial of knowledge of irregular PPE procurement is ‘self-serving’ News24 Wire
Former Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku | Picture: Twitter / @GautengProvince Masuku’s legal team earlier submitted to the court that SIU’s findings were not ‘supported by a shred of evidence’.
Former Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku’s denial of knowledge of corrupt, unlawful and irregular procurement of PPE is self-serving, the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) argued in court papers.
“Having regard to his constitutional and statutory duties, I respectfully submit that the applicant’s denial of knowledge of corrupt, unlawful and improper procurement by, and in the provincial department, is simply unfounded and impermissibly self-serving,” SIU for