Hlophe calls for Africanisation of SA law
Publish date: 22 October 2007
Issue Number: 1936
Diary: Legalbrief Today
Category: Corruption
Beleaguered Cape Judge President John Hlophe, whose ethical transgressions have led to calls for his resignation, told the Black Lawyers Association in East London that transformation in the judiciary should be speeded up.
And according to an SABC News report he also called for various African legal systems that were not recognised under apartheid to be integrated into current laws. He said the SA law was incomplete without its rich African heritage. I don\'t believe litigants can really have their dignity restored until such time that indigenous African languages are promoted and used on daily basis in the courts. Full SABC News report Latest views on the Hlophe debate in the sidebar on the right
