The Night the Constitution Was Mocked

Silence has a way of saying more than words. When the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences stormed into the night and hauled away journalist Mohalenyane Phakela, confiscating his phones in defiance of a standing Constitutional Court order, the government said nothing. And that silence is deafening. It is one thing for a state agency to act unlawfully, it is another for those in power to pretend not to notice. A court had already drawn a clear…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...