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(RNS) Much has been written about the Nobel Peace Prize-winning South African Anglican bishop Desmond Tutu, revered by generations as a kind of elder statesman for his efforts to peacefully end apartheid and bring justice and reconciliation to that country he calls a “rainbow nation.”
But Michael Battle, a professor at New York’s General Theological Seminary who directs the Desmond Tutu Center there, wanted to draw attention to the particular Christian vision that animates Tutu. It’s a subject Battle has devoted much of his professional life to ever since he was a Ph.D. student at Duke University in the early 1990s.
The struggles of the South African judiciary are well-documented. Many cases in South Africa are postponed time after time, with criminals only having their day in court years after the alleged crime has taken place. Chuck Stephens of the Desmond Tutu Centre for Leadership wonders how it can be sped up. He notes that currently, there are less than 300 judges serving in courtrooms across the country. ‘Currently there is a recruiting process going on to fill almost 100 vacancies. That’s a 25% increase! How did the number of judges droop so low?” Stephens remarks that he himself is involved in a court case that has been dragged on for five years. He writes, “The Magistrates Guidelines indicate that civil cases should take about nine months. But no amount of complaining to the Department of Justice or to the Magistrates Commission speeds things up.” The solution for these delay tactics? Bring ‘Batho Pele’ into the courtroom, says Stephens. “Every bench in South Africa sho
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