‘Greatest Sustainer Of Injustice Is Keeping People Ignorant’ – Chief Justice Mogoeng

Riyaz Patel

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng says inequality had become “sharper” than during the apartheid era, branding as “traitors” those who are indifferent to the plight of millions South Africans languishing in poverty.

“You are indifferent because you have a position that pays you well; if you are indifferent to the people who live in Diepsloot because you live in a suburb, know that you are a traitor,” said Mogoeng delivering the 17th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture at the University of Johannesburg’s Soweto Campus Saturday.

“It really is a shame that 25 years down the line we still have so many of our people suffering as much as they do. It is a shame that inequality has become sharper during our constitutional democracy than during apartheid, and check who is at the top.”

This year’s theme for the lecture focused on ‘Constitutionalism as an Instrument for Transformation.’

The Chief Justice