Jurist
@jurist_luthuli
Followers
4K
Following
9K
Statuses
17K
Acting Judge of the Labour Court. Director at Bongani Khanyile Ka Luthuli Attorneys, Pan Africanist, Author, Literary Critic and Legal Analyst
Midrand, South Africa
Joined May 2020
At the invitation of UCT and UWC Law Faculties, I have set aside the whole week to honour this astute judge and revolutionary lawyer, Albie Sachs, who has profoundly influenced my legal activism. In both my books, I have chapters that are influenced by his legal scholarship.
0
2
18
“The Constitution is more revolutionary than people who call themselves revolutionary today” Jason Brickhill
0
0
6
Oh that I may be gifted with that beautiful pen of Albie Sachs, a display of the alchemy between law and literature
0
0
8
The weakness of Robert Sobukwe’s party today is no measure of the man and cannot be used to undo his greatness nor his permanent place in the firmament of our liberated skies
0
3
10
I am impressed by the display of academic freedom at the Alchemic Tales in UCT. Universities must be a place that shift opinions, influence discourse, fearlessly challenge laws and court decisions and most importantly, tackle difficult and controversial topics
0
0
1
“Peace is not simply the absence of war or an uneasy quiet in the townships. Peace is the active presence of justice. It is shalom, the well-being of all” -Allan Boesak, “Running with Horses, Reflections of an Accidental Politician”, at Page 60
0
2
12
I’ve arrived at UCT, all ready for the Alchemic Tales Conference. Let the conversations begin!
0
0
10
May we be a young generation of jurists that is legally astute, sensitive to precedent, norms and conventions of the profession, knowing the dilemmas of our contested past and the transformative nature of our Constitution and articulate in our critique of regressive laws and aspirations
0
2
15
It’s one thing to have a dream. It’s another when the dream possesses you. When it has you, it will make you unsettled, it will make you walk around, you just can’t sit still….
0
0
22