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INSIGHT JOZI NEWS | JUSTICE & DEMOCRACY Justice Must Not Be a Privilege: Madlanga’s Powerful Call for Equal Access to Justice Equal access to justice is more than a constitutional ideal. It is the gateway through which ordinary people must be able to claim their rights, dignity and place in a democratic society. By Noko Maleka Senior Journalist | Insight Jozi News Published: 4 September 2026 Justice is one of the most powerful promises of a democratic society. But that promise means little if ordinary people cannot reach the institutions designed to protect their rights. It is against this backdrop that the message associated with retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga carries particular weight: equal access to justice must be treated as a fundamental part of achieving justice itself. “Equal access to justice is an important portal to the achievement of justice.” — Justice ...

   African Leaders Created the Crisis They Now Condemn By Noko Maleka | InsightJoziNews.org Every time xenophobic violence erupts in South Africa, the script never changes. African leaders rush to microphones. They condemn South Africans. They demand action. They speak of African unity, dignity and brotherhood as though they have spent decades protecting their own citizens. But where was this passion when their people were starving at home? Where was this outrage when corruption hollowed out their economies, when unemployment reached devastating levels, when political instability forced families to flee, and when millions lost hope in the very countries they called home? It is easy to condemn South Africa. It is far more difficult to confront the failures that forced your own citizens to leave. Let me be clear: there is no justification for violence, intimidation or humiliating anyone because they are foreign nationals. Every person deserves to be treated with dignity, ...

The ANC is a Criminal Enterprise By Noko Maleka | Insight Jozi News South Africa is a country blessed with potential, yet crippled by leadership failures. This truth was laid bare once again when political analyst and author, Prince Mashele, appeared on the State of the Nation podcast with Mike Sham. His words were not coated in diplomacy, but charged with the urgency of a citizen who has had enough of watching his country drift under the weight of incompetence. Mashele’s criticism comes hot on the heels of his now-viral interview on the Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh Show, which attracted over a million views. Clearly, South Africans are listening, because he is saying what many are thinking but few dare to articulate: the ANC has lost all credibility, and President Cyril Ramaphosa is a man completely out of his depth in the highest office of the land. A Circus Called “National Dialogue” In the podcast, Mashele tore into the much-publicised “national dialogue” initiated by the ANC, dismissing it a...