Gillian Schutte’s How Marianne Thamm’s Campaign Tries to Derail Sikhakhane’s Argument exposes how Daily Maverick’s Marianne Thamm distorted Advocate Muzi Sikhakhane SC’s closing argument at the Mbenenge Tribunal. Thamm’s October 22 article mocked his constitutional reasoning as chauvinism, reducing a nuanced legal defence to a culture-war caricature. Schutte argues that this reflects a deeper liberal bias — a colonial feminist reflex that refuses to recognise African jurisprudence on its own terms while turning serious legal debate into ideological spectacle.
Tag: South African Judiciary
Ex Political Prisoners say that Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo should withdraw his bid for the position of Chief Justice.
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY: THE ROBBEN ISLAND EX POLITICAL PRISONERS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM. 03 FEBRUARY 2022. We, as a collective of Ex Political Prisoners, are disturbed to note that Acting Chief Justice Raymond…