SA courts a shining beacon

IT is these virtues and values which prompt them to dedicate their lives and careers to achieving justice, fairness and reasonableness in all they say and do. And it is what they say and do in good faith and with reference to the moral values of the community they serve, that stimulates public confidence in the Judiciary as a bastion of the legal order, however challenging the times may be.”

The above is a quote from former South Africa President Fredrick Willem de Klerk Lecture in October 2008 titled The Judiciary as a bastion of the legal order in challenging times.

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