Shaka Zulu is one of the most famous figures in South African history, even though not much is actually known about him. The subject of a hit 1980s TV show and of many books, Shaka is reframed by each generation. Now he’s back in popular culture with a major new South African TV series, Shaka […]
Few witnessed the building of the young Kenyan state from within as did Ngina Kenyatta, the widow of Kenya’s first president, Jomo Kenyatta. Mama Ngina, as she is known, marks her 90th birthday on 24 June 2023. She was by her husband’s side when Kenya won independence 60 years ago and for many turbulent years […]
Sensitive to the preceding decades of an undermined judiciary, the 2010 Constitution drafting committee’s approach to the parts of the Constitution pertaining to the Judiciary[7] placed strong emphasis on its independence, broad cititizens’ rights specifically upholding the rule of law. However, a question currently being raised is whether or not the 2010 Constitution went too […]
The role and status of a prosecutor vary greatly depending on the jurisdiction, subject matter or legal system.[1] In the civil law system, for example, the discretionary prosecutorial power is limited, restricted, and subjected to judicial review as opposed to the common law systems where prosecutorial discretion is only restricted by the operation of law.[2] […]
If there is something that is so crucial in a democracy is the need to ensure that information freely flows from one person to another. To this point therefore, it is worth noting that the media simply acts as a vessel through which this information is channelled to the citizens and everybody else. Voters are […]
The inauguration of the Kenya Kwanza government filled the hearts of a large majority of hustlers with much joy, in the belief that it heralded a great new dawn that would see hustlers of this great country witness prosperity, equity and human dignity. The momentous occasion, celebrated at a packed to overflowing Kasarani stadium, persuaded […]
Press freedom was explained by English poet John Milton in his text Areopagitica (1644), in reacting to a repressive ordinance established by Parliament in 1643. The ordinance required authors to get prior approval from an official licenser before the publication of printed materials. Thus, Milton stated regarding the impugned ordinance, “Truth and understanding are not such […]
I wake up to a brand-new day that has never been lived before. Everything in this day is fresh and waiting for me to make it my own. My thoughts, feelings, and circumstances have shaped the day even before it began. Today I choose to live life through a different lens – the deathbed criterion. […]
A Constitution does not work by itself or speak like an oracle.[1] It is by judicial interpretation that many a time you breathe life into the provisions of a Constitution.[2] At the heart of this is the task of construing the true meaning and intent of explicit constitutional provisions. However, a Constitution, like any document, […]
There is a need to understand how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be adopted into the IP ecosystem because it is the future of copyright, potentially. Globally, IP regulators are convening sessions to consider the nature and effect of AI in creating smart/auto copyright, amongst other IP rights. AI is an intelligence system that can receive […]
