Many South African judges are notoriously prickly about the need to undergo further judicial education. Despite the fact that Parliament passed the South African Judicial Education Institute Act in 2008, the Institute has not yet trained any judges or aspirant judges and it is unclear when it will start its work in earnest. Yet most [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2010’
Why all the fear, paranoia and distrust?
Why do South Africans generally seem so distrustful, fearful, and paranoid of one another? When ANC leaders or supporters do something Helen Zille does not like, she is quick to claim that it is all part of an ANC plot. When someone criticises the appointment of the CEO of the SABC, the MK War veterans claim the CEO is [...]
Can the abaThembu secede from South Africa?
Can those sad folks living in the Afrikaner quasi-homeland of Orania (where they even have a monument to the Koeksister!) secede from South Africa if they decide they do not like to be governed by the ANC government anymore and would rather do Volkspele and play Jukskei (a game so tedious that it makes bowls [...]
Further thoughts on polygamy
An alert reader of this Blog emailed to ask whether clauses 3(2) and 10(1) of The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act (Act no 120 of 1998) may not be unconstitutional because these provisions only allow men who marry in terms of customary law to marry more than one spouse.
It seems to me contradictory in nature, [...]
Is polygamy unconstitutional?
The media reports that President Jacob Zuma will tie the knot for the fifth time today. Although his first wife died and he was divorced from his second wife, he is still married to two other wives and the new wedding will confirm President’ Zuma’s polygamous status.
It is often said that polygamous marriages are unconstitutional. The equality [...]
