Justice when fair is foul
Thursday, February 14, 2008
The administration of justice and the courts of law serve and favour only members of the legal institution comprising lawyers (prosecutors and defense counsels), magistrates, judges and the rest of them who studied the legal letter or practice it for themselves and their well paying or well placed clients.
Many examples abound in which cases are not poorly stage managed for everybody to see the hoax in them, but many cases are hastily put together to help let loose a client of the courts even against the odds of evidence mounting against the accused and often times against the ruling. For example, what was Judge Key Dingake thinking when he released Rre Mhlauli out on bail without knowing the arguments and merits of the case that convicted him in the first place; and even despite the Prosecutor's pleas that he has not seen the Court Records of the appeal case before him for to make a useful judgment as to whether the prisoner has reasonable "prospects for success"?
Figures released by the country’s electoral management body have shown that a total of 1, 037, 684 people have registered to vote.However, eligible voters could be discouraged by events leading to the voting day like poor execution of advance voting amid talks that the elections could be unfair.There have also been threats by certain opposition politicians that shall the elections not be free and fair, they will halt them.Despite these...