“Let’s talk about sex, baby!” sang US rap group Salt-N-Pepa in the 1990s. More recently, Showmax reality show This Body Works for Me’s unflinching depiction of the local adult-entertainment industry has kept viewers glued to their screens for two seasons.
The Judicial Services Commission will recommend to chief justice Raymond Zondo that a Judicial Conduct Tribunal investigate allegations of sexual harassment against Eastern Cape judge-president Selby Mbenenge.
Legal and gender rights organisations and the director of public prosecution on Tuesday fought tooth and nail against a judgment overturning a rape conviction which they said effectively moved the legal goalposts on the issue of consent and intent.
I argued previously on these pages that the Judicial Service Commission had shown itself incapable of dealing with the challenge of judging our country’s judges.