How to Defeat Justice Part II: Apartheid legacies and obstruction of access to justice

If the architects, stewards and enforcers of our legal system continue to preside over a framework that systematically denies justice to those without means, one must question their fitness for the roles they occupy. These are individuals entrusted with upholding a Constitution they are well-versed in, yet who allow economic exclusion and procedural gatekeeping to persist.Can those who are fully aware of the law, yet turn a blind eye to its unequal application, claim legitimacy in their work? The ongoing failure to translate constitutional promises into lived realities raises profound questions not only about institutional competence but also about the moral responsibility of those who administer justice. Read more