Why we NEED affirmative action magistrate
In response to our request for contributions the affirmative action debate that continues to grip SA, Senior Magistrate Daniel Thulare, in an article on the Legalbrief Today site, points out that as at December 31 2005, the Regional Magistrates Court Bench remained skewed in favour of whites.
He notes that without affirmative action, or what he calls \'bean-counting\', this skewed sense of equality will never be reversed. He says opposition to affirmative action entrenches a calculated thought to keep the Regional Court Magistracy out of the sphere of majority interference and control, adding: It also fortifies some bouncer-like gate keeping and petty job reservation that we also see on the Civil Court Bench of the lower courts in this country.
Full article on the Legalbrief Today site
In yesterdays issue of Legalbrief Today we published two opinions on affirmative action by law professors, and invited readers to give us their input on the debate. Do you have an opinion on affirmative action? If you have, lets hear it. Write to us at info@ebriefnews.com .
The David Benatar article
The Pierre De Vos article