Reforming the NPA - The urgent need to restore faith in SA's justice system Ann Bernstein October 11, 2024 When the current National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Shamila Batohi was appointed in December 2018, the expectation was that she would cl... The NPA needs energising and beefing up if we want to achieve a capable state Ann Bernstein October 1, 2024 In this series for Daily Maverick, executive director of the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) Ann Bernstein makes the case for a policy ag... A weak NPA needs to be cleaned out and bolstered Ann Bernstein September 29, 2024 South Africa faces crises on many fronts, none of which can be resolved unless the economy grows and the state becomes much more effective. The ongoi... This is how the captured JSC should be reformed Ann Bernstein September 11, 2024 The inauguration of SA’s new chief justice, Mandisa Maya, comes while important dynamics threaten and weaken the judiciary. For years we have boasted... Reforming the JSC to ensure a strengthened judiciary must be a top national priority Ann Bernstein September 10, 2024 That the seats on our highest court sit empty because there are too few suitable candidates to fill them is a crisis. It signals that the branch of g... Mandisa Maya's historic appointment: A milestone amid judicial challenges Ann Bernstein September 8, 2024 The appointment of new Chief Justice Mandisa Maya – the first woman to head the Constitutional Court – has rightly been heralded as a shattering of t...