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Article: Judiciary 'under attack'.(News)
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- Daily News (South Africa)
- Article date:
- July 17, 2008
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BYLINE: Keith Ross
THE attacks on the judiciary in South Africa by ANC politicians are cause for grave concern among some leading members of the legal profession.
The political attacks have been described as "a dangerous turn of events" by the head of the Wits University Law School, Prof David Unterhalter.
Unterhalter told SAfm Radio's After Eight Debate that the attacks during this time of "political transition" were very worrying.
Speaking on the topic: "Is the judiciary really under threat?", he said the attacks were an attempt to undermine the independence of the courts. "The independence of the judiciary is fundamental to our ...