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Busisiwe Mkhwebane Impeachment

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Dear Editor

The looming court case & impeachment of our embattled Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, perpetuates the stereotype that since Nelson Mandela was a lawyer, jurisprudence, law and legalese became highly over-rated. South African courts-of-law seem to have become reality television scenes since the Rivonia Treason Trial or just soon before it, with TV-loving Advocates … Lawyers … Commissioners-Of-Inquiries … Judges … Risk, Compliance & Corporate Governance functionaries etc. jostling for vantage positions in front of cameras; with grandstanding being the focal point in lieu of solutions.

In my personal experience, I refer to my interactions with the Public Protector’s office regarding the disputed Proudly South African tag line that was most-likely inspired by my April 1996 True Love magazine’s Letter-Of-The-Month winning article, titled :- ‘Be Proud South Africa !’ of which Media 24 Archives sent me a much later copy thereof without that particular letter of cause; albeit with the very same Melanie Son on the front cover as proof of my supposition.

Our legal fraternity seem to be as some American businessman paraphrased it in a Time magazine interview that America cannot sue itself into economic prosperity. South Africa therefore seems to be also drunk on legalese instead of expansionary ideas that would ultimately put a dent on our social evils like population explosion, unemployment & crime.

Regards

Luyanda Marlon Kama
Kwa-Dwesi, Gqeberha

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Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth. Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." See more articles by Alan.