The Daily DiscourseYesterday, we heard how overcrowded court rolls have led to mandatory mediation in many Gauteng cases. Now, attention is turning to another factor slowing down justice: so-called "Stalingrad tactics" — legal manoeuvres designed to delay proceedings.
The Daily Discourse
Newsmakers and Guest Experts offer their insights and perspectives into the national and global discourse on politics, economics, education, social ma…Yesterday, we heard how overcrowded court rolls have led to mandatory mediation in many Gauteng cases. Now, attention is turning to another factor slowing down justice: so-called "Stalingrad tactics" — legal manoeuvres designed to delay proceedings. The issue was recently thrust into the spotlight when Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga and Gauteng Deputy Judge President Roland Sutherland discussed how these tactics have increasingly frustrated and undermined South Africa's court processes.
Guest: Machini Motloung: Law Society of South Africa
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