Zuma Wants Judiciary Out of the Way: SAIRR

The South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) says that President Jacob Zuma wants to make sure the judiciary ‘doesn't get in his way’ or ‘scrutinise him too deeply’.

SAIRR chief executive, John Kane-Berman, said in a speech in Cape Town that a number of commentators had professed themselves ‘baffled’ and ‘in some cases stunned’ by Zuma's failure to appoint Deputy Chief Justice, Dikgang Moseneke, as Chief Justice.

In the same vein, Kane-Berman also argued that Zuma's decision to appoint a commission to investigate the multi-billion rand arms deal could also be a simple ‘tactical manoeuvre’ to avoid answering to the Constitutional Court.

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