Quote of the week
It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize how relatively little I know of it, how many places I have still to go, how much more there is to learn.
Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life — and travel — leaves marks on you.
The journey is part of the experience — an expression of the seriousness of one’s intent. One doesn’t take the A train to Mecca.
Serious slap in the face for the SCA
I have been rather critical of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the past and have argued that it has not always embraced the values of the Constitution and the changes the advent of the new Constitution requires in our legal culture. But in recent years the SCA has improved and I was therefore surprised by the ANC resolution to downgrade this court.
Here is my take on this matter published in the Mail & Guardian on Friday.
