Dear Editor,
In the ANC we respect the judiciary's independence. However, respecting does not imply we shouldn't criticise if there is a need.
People should not portray the distorted image that it is only in ANC where the judiciary is not beyond criticism.
People want to live in democratic society without applying the principle of democracy. Clearly democracy allow us to criticise if need be.
As ANC-led government we believe that the transformation needs to be catalysed within the institution.
The malicious statement by the Democratic Alliance that the transformation is a smokescreen for creating a bench that will serve the ruling party's agenda is irrelevant and typically oppositional to change.
Their leader who is forever surrounded by negative energy when she speaks went further to say about 55% of judges were black which is the indication that the racial diversification of the judiciary was on track. In a country of more than 88% of blacks, the 55% indicate a slow progress of transformation over the years hence the agenda needs to be pushed harder than ever before.
Chegoane Mabelane
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