A scene from Monty Python’s “The Life of Brian”, the story of a man who cannot seem to convince the blind faithful that he is not Jesus Christ. Any resemblance to the current South African situation is purely coincidental…..Happy Easter.
This blog deals with political and social issues in South Africa, mostly from the perspective of Constitutional Law. Written by Pierre de Vos
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February 8, 2012 | 17:27 pmMogalakwena municipality in Mokopane, Limpopo, is facing legal action over the re-instatement of a senior official who was dismissed after being found guilty on several charges. A report in the Sowetan says this follows allegations that the decision to re-instate the official was done on instruction of the ANC. The council has been dragged to the North Gauteng High Court over the reinstatement following allegations that the official was found guilty on 26 different charges. The papers filed with the court by Mahwelereng civic leader Piet Pale show that the ANC in the Waterberg region wrote to Mayor Esther Mothibi, instructing her to convene a special council meeting to reverse the disciplinary hearing’s findings and re-instate municipal director for corporate services, Henry Thobejane. Pale seeks an order to set aside the resolution by the council to re-instate Thobejane because ‘it fails to pass the test of rationality and reasonableness’. Thobejane was charged with, among others, fraud, theft, gross dishonesty, dereliction of duties, unofficial removal of official documents and destroying official information, financial misconduct and failure to carry out lawful instructions. The hearing, chaired by Advocate AP Laka, found him guilty on all 26 charges and recommended that he be dismissed with immediate effect. – Legalbriefs
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Thank you, Pierre. I love this movie. You ALMOST made it without reference to the big JC, uh I mean JZ.
Sarah thank you for acknowledging the “bigness” of the President of the ANC, Mr Jacob Zuma. Indeed, it doeznt get “bigger” than surviving the persecution by NPA, White-Controlled Media, So-called experts (even Contitutional law ones – julle ken een!), Third-Forces of McCarthy (Browse Mole Participants) and a number of racists (black & mostly white), yet the man survived that. The man is indeed quite a piece of something – something enormously skaars!
Rather apt and ironical – I also imagine PDV as some sort of constitutional guru with all his disciples posting here mindlessly parroting their master.
Happy Easter Prof. And to Sarah, Spuy and Oz.
If it’s not a personal question, is Lady Justice a virgin?
‘If it’s not a personal question’? How much more personal can you get?
Were you raped?
Well… at first.
The allegorial depiction of Lady Justice does not make any claims about this, according to my research. On the score of virginity; my feeling is: yes, she’s a virgin. She not been ‘touched’ by any man, therefore she’s not ‘attached’ emotionally, or rather she is detached emotionally from another and with sword, or reason that is, cuts through any bullshit arguments proffered by Zuma for example, or any other ‘bullshit-prone’ party. Zapiro and his cartoons seem to have captured the humanity of Lady justice rather well.
Zuma: “Lady Justice, avoid rape! Say yes!”
I think it is now acceptable to question her virginity. She is without doubt, fallen and compromised. See explanation below:
Women who had given in to seduction, (or were raped), living a life in sin, received the name “fallen women” during the Victorian period. Though both a recognizable and sizable segment of the female population, it took some time before the fallen woman could be accepted as an allowable subject in art.
It will obviously take some time for Her to rise up once again to stand proud and determinedly integral before the South African nation, and on behalf of South Africa, before the world.
Ozone, your comments seems like rantings of a raving lunatic
Garg lol
the last time I saw her was on the vegas strip, she looked rather tasty.
but i do have a question why is your lady Justice have one eye closed and the other open?
That is a good question why is Lady Justice’s one eye open and the other closed what is she looking out for???