Yar'Adua's judges on trial
Justice and politics are uneasy bedfellows under the hesitant President's new regime
A sick man's contest
The President is probably unfit to continue and his main opponents are either ill or accused of corruption
Saving OmerAn international court accuses President Omer el Beshir but he has some unlikely defenders Taking positionsThere has been a strong international reaction to the ICC's application for an arrest warrant for Sudan's President Omer... Coalition under strainThere are tremors within the power-sharing grand coalition that ended the post-election mayhem Blame the judgesIt is a testing time for the judiciary as it prepares for the trial of African National Congress President Jacob Zuma. ... |
Judges of the Constitutional CourtChief Justice Pius Langa: The head of the Constitutional Court and of the Judicial Commission from rural Limpopo Provinc... The judges, lawyers and ministersKwaZulu-Natal Judge President Vuka Tshabalala studied at the Universities of Fort Hare and Natal. He lost many pro-Afric... Presidents and lawyersThe tortuous prosecution of a former state oil company boss raises questions about the independence of the judiciary |
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