The space occupied by the executive and judiciary is a delicate balance that needs to be jealously guarded, writes Sipho Seepe.
The Constitutional Court in session after the DA appealed against the Electoral Court judgment on SMSs sent to potential voters stating that President Jacob Zuma stole public money to build his Nkandla home was based on false information. File picture: Boxer Ngwenya.
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Johannesburg – Stripped of all the hype and the predictable hysteria, there is nothing remarkable about the meeting between the judiciary and the executive. What is remarkable is that it has taken so long to happen. Tensions between these branches of government are not unusual in a democracy.
It is not uncommon for the judiciary to be accused of straying into the executive space.
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