Members of South Africaâs judiciary have become a law unto themselves
By Opinion
Professor Sipho Seepe
In Dickensian terminology, South Africa is going through the worst of times. Ours is an age of foolishness, a season of darkness and a winter of despair. It is a period in which groupthink has unleashed all forms of violence on our senses. The best minds have since suspended their intellect to advance narrow political agendas. In the process, the interests of their handlers have subordinated those of the country.
The judiciary, supposedly the last bastion of sanity, has also not escaped this malady. Ordinarily one would have expected members of the judiciary to display a modicum of restraint and discernment. But this is not to be. Some of its members, ostensibly inebriated by their own sense of importance, have become a law unto themselves. Fortunately, the masses of our people cannot be fooled. They do not need judicial garb to know when justice is not served. They are now