The Constitution and Rule of Law Reaffirmed in South Africa (John Campbell, CFR)

On March 31, the eleven justices of South Africa’s highest judicial body, the Constitutional Court, ruled unanimously that President Jacob Zuma and the National Assembly had violated the Constitution. The president, the court ruled, had improperly spent public money on his private estate, Nkandla. The National Assembly had improperly defended the president by refusing to implement the ruling of the public protector, a constitutionally mandated official, when she concluded that the expenditure had been improper.

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John Campbell. Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies