Stephen Grootes

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South Africa’s criminal justice system needs a revolution

Last week, Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi and National Prosecuting Authority head Andy Mothibi promised that the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption would be ‘reset’ within ‘six months’. South Africa needs fundamentally more than that. We need a revolution in our criminal…

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Ramaphosa said he’d repair the criminal justice system — he failed

President Cyril Ramaphosa has always claimed that he wanted to rebuild the criminal justice system. The claims against Investigative Directorate Against Corruption head Andrea Johnson are the final nail in the coffin of his promise. He has failed, partially because…

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Julius Malema’s new mountain to climb

As corruption claims intensify, in the run-up to the November polls the EFF leader will grapple with public scepticism while trying to reclaim his political momentum. The latest evidence that EFF leader Julius Malema does not just benefit from alleged…

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