Zikalala calls for review of South Africa’s constitutional democracy

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala has called for a review of South Africa’s constitutional democracy and has advocated for a move towards a Parliamentary system in which decisions taken by Parliament are final.

Zikalala was addressing the province’s Human Rights Day celebration at Ixopo on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast.

Zikalala has raised concerns that some decisions taken by government are being reviewed and reversed by courts.

“While we all have respect and we uphold the independence of the judiciary,  we need to review the dilemma imposed on us by the current system of the constitutional democracy. This system places one organ of the state above others . It is time we discuss this , it is time we debate it openly,  we make policies to govern but if courts are to reverse those policies , they mean that they are undermining the authority of other organs.”

President Ramaphosa calls on South Africans to cherish the Constitution and not to be humiliated