It is the unenviable task of government to nurture respect for the rule of law in all inhabitants of the land. This is best done by creating a standard of law enforcement under which people do not feel the need to resort to self-help and vigilantism.
Recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgments in two defamation appeals displays a retrogressive approach that is likely to set back our law of defamation for decades, just when we should be developing the law to keep up with the digital media.