The South Africa’s Constitution is firmly rooted in the notion of separation of powers namely; the Judiciary, Legislature and the Executive. Parliament is the Legislative authority in the land, comprising of two houses i.e. the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), it has power to make laws for the country in accordance with the constitution. On the other hand, Executive authority is vested in the President who is the Head of State and Head of Government, and his Cabinet. The President is elected by Parliament to serve a fixed term. The Judiciary depends on moral authority to be an arbiter in disputes between organs of State and citizens. According to Myongana, in his paper entitled Judiciary as “The the site of struggle for political power; a South African perspective”, has this to say in his conclusion a final arbiter in “as disputes, the court will not avoid getting involved in disputes of a political nature, elements of bias, whether imagined or real, will always arise, but the judiciary has a task to ensure that the courts continue to command moral authority. The first step towards legitimacy and commanding authority is for the courts to be independent and execute their mandate without fear, favour or
The South Africa’s Constitution is firmly rooted in the notion of separation of powers namely; the Judiciary, Legislature and the Executive. Parliament is the Legislative authority in the land, comprising of two houses i.e. the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), it has power to make laws for the country in accordance with the constitution. On the other hand, Executive authority is vested in the President who is the Head of State and Head of Government, and his Cabinet. The President is elected by Parliament to serve a fixed term. The Judiciary depends on moral authority to be an arbiter in disputes between organs of State and citizens. According to Myongana, in his paper entitled “The Judiciary as the site of struggle for political power; a South African perspective”, has this to say in his conclusion “as a final arbiter in disputes, the court will not avoid getting involved in disputes of a political nature, elements of bias, whether imagined or real, will always arise, but the judiciary has a task to ensure that the courts continue to command moral authority. The first step towards legitimacy and commanding authority is for the courts to be independent and execute their mandate without fear, favour or
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