The Bench acknowledged two instances where the Supreme Court had directed sharing of Google pin location, but maintained that it could not be a bail condition.
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The Supreme Court was dealing with an appeal against a High Court order directing a Nigerian national to drop a PIN on Google Maps to share his location with the authorities as a condition for bail in a drugs case.
But I hope the South African government and its people understand that this does not bode well for their country. Whenever I hear sad news like this one from South Africa, I feel a pang of sorrow for Nelson Mandela. Though I may not have been born when he fought the apartheid regime to a standstill, I have read his autobiography, “Long Walk to Freedom,” and know the suffering he and his fellow freedom fighters endured to secure the freedom South Africans enjoy today.