Zondo’s career is made up of a tapestry of highlights, from lawyer to senior judge. He has written more than 200 judgments.
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, speaker of South Africa’s National Assembly, and lawyer Dali Mpofu at the interviews for the next chief justice.
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The judge responsible for authorising the covert monitoring of communications has found that claims by journalists that they were being spied on were credible.
Judge Raymond Zondo, chair of the commission investigating grand corruption in South Africa, has been too polite with former state president Zuma.
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The election of Port Elizabeth’s first black mayor in 1995 signalled that the democratic change that had started in 1994 was irreversible. But problems lay ahead.
Each of South Africa’s former presidents treated the state broadcaster very differently. From left Jacob Zuma, Nelson Mandela, and Thabo Mbeki (2008).
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The South African Broadcasting Corporation, like South Africa itself, is a symbol of contradictions. While there are bad people who work for it, there are also many good ones.
Legislation can guard against political interference and maladministration.
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Over the past few years, heads of department and chief financial officers in South Africa have been placed under enormous pressure by politicians to bend compliance rules.
The commission chaired by Justice Raymond Zondo has heard shocking testimony on the extent of corruption in government.
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