No Courts, No Commissions of Enquiry- No Action
Our courts have recently been accused of judicial overreach and extensive involvement in political matters. In their defence, they get involve only when they get involved. They preside only over cases reported to them and make rulings based on information presented in court. We have gotten used to being led by our courts and commissions of enquiry. Even our president has hinted a couple of times in parliament that he can’t take action on some of the issues pending the court process. The question is how do we always end up in court and establishing commissions of enquiry? Such a scenario occurs in the absence of leadership. According to our leaders, if the court hasn’t ruled on it then there’s no evidence to take action. We spent years talking about Nkandla and nothing was done about it until it was reported to the Public Protector. The Gupta saga has been going on long before the State of Capture Report. The SASSA crisis was known long before it’s second court appearance, af