Court infrastructure is breaking down in SA?

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Desperate message from senior judge shows court infrastructure is breaking down

No telephones, no internet, no Wi-Fi, no emails and not enough judges. This is reportedly the state of affairs at the Pretoria High Court.…
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The wheels of justice are grinding slowly at one of South Africa’s most superior courts.


The Pretoria High Court (or Gauteng Division as it is also known) has its home in the administrative capital of the country and jurisdiction-wise hears most cases involving legal challenges to government, many of which are deemed urgent.

However, according to a WhatsApp message sent by a senior judge at the court to colleagues, the situation is dire because of a collapse of infrastructure.


The court – and apparently most courts around the country – have not had email access after a massive system failure on 21 September, which has yet to be fixed. Internet access is especially important for the courts during the Covid-19 pandemic because much of the work is being done online, including many hearings.
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Don't believe everything you read overseas
Nothing wrong here, as long as we have alcohol, entjies and our braais nothing else matters :thumbsup:
 
Private contractors engaged to manage technology had left the building and “their contract will not be renewed”. The contractors’ role is to manage case lines — the court’s online document management system — and enable virtual meetings. The case lines clerks, who helped with invitations to attend virtual hearings, had also not had their contracts renewed.
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None payment? Tender meddling?
 
And the defendants will deny it of course.
The courts have been on a downward slope for 10 years and in fact ever since the anc took charge.
 
Oh great, another thing collapsing on the slow but steady road to failed state. Death by a thousand cuts.
 
It seems there is just a blatant disregard for structure, for order .....

.............. why does SA have to go this way?

Its very difficult to believe in the Mandela dream ............. very difficult, considering the anti minority narrative, the blatant xenophobia, the total disregard for law and order, the arrogance of the elected, the blindness of the masses.
 
South Africa is exactly what the ANC has been working towards since way before they were voted the ruling party.
Ruling, not serving.

It is picking up momentum.
 
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