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Legal Trailblazers

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  • Summary

  • Join Thuto Radebe as he delves into the legal profession to have conversations with Black South Africans who have made extraordinary contributions to their county.
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Episodes
  • Judge President Bernard Ngoepe and lessons out of the past
    Jul 20 2023
    Judge Ngoepe was admitted as an attorney on 16 June 1976. He jokingly tells Thuto that his admission sparked the Soweto uprisings.

    Judge Ngoepe also tells us why judges need to be attuned to the cultural and religious beliefs and practices of the parties that appear before them in court.
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    51 mins
  • It's a lot of nonsense that Mandela was a sell-out | Matthews Phosa
    Mar 4 2023
    Dr. Matthews Phosa is an entrepreneur, lawyer, and poetry writer.
    In this episode, Dr Phosa talks about his role in the negotiations with apartheid's ruling party that preceded the adoption of the South African Constitution.
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    31 mins
  • Transformation of the judiciary | Judge Mojapelo Part 02
    Nov 28 2022
    In this episode, Judge Phineas Mojapelo, the now-retired Deputy Judge President of the High Court, tells Thuto about the first meeting of the Judicial Services Commission in 1994 and the heated discussions held there about the form and nature of a new judiciary in South Africa. He also unpacks the evolution of African indigenous law and its role in a constitutional democracy.
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    54 mins

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