The chief justice must ensure consistency in how the system operates during these uncertain times
It would be remiss of South Africans to ignore the issues raised by legal practitioners as they try to navigate the courts during the national lockdown.during the lockdown is severe, it mirrors the economic devastation in most other industries as the government closed most of the economy to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.63% lost more than 60% of their income in April.paying their creditors as well as salaries to their staff.
It is therefore of extreme concern that one of the main issues raised by legal practitioners in a webinar with deputy justice minister John Jeffery was about the inconsistencies in the directions and regulations given by justice minister Ronald Lamola, chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and the various heads of court.
While the chief justice has issued directives that give guidelines on how the courts should function, the authority he delegated to the different heads of courts has resulted in an inconsistent approach to how they should function. Mogoeng specifically has to take control of this confusing situation as head of the judiciary, and truly lead it. It is not good enough to just allow each head of court to do what they deem fit with filling in the details. In a crisis, leadership is critical, and he has to ensure all of the judges are on the same page in terms of how they operate.
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