CONSTITUTIONAL SANCTITY AND JUDICAIL INDEPENDENCE IN AFRICAN PRESIDENTIAL PERCEPTION

When Robert Mugabe summoned the Zimbabwean judiciary to voice his displeasure with their apparent sympathy for the opposition in relation to his controversial land reform policy, little did the world know that this was the clearest sign to date that would herald a new era of leadership in Africa based on blatant disregard for the established doctrine of Separation of Powers and the initiation of rule by decree. Africa has since that time been plagued …

…which parli8amentarians may be made more accountable to the people responsible for putting them there. In conclusion it may be stated that this essay brings nothing new to the topic of constitutional protection and the independence of the judiciary but merely re emphasises the need for people to be conscientious about what is going on around them and not to imagine that the issue of judicial independence and constitutional protection does not concern them..