LISTEN: Moseneke on shaping democracy
Updated | By Anelisa Kubheka
Former Deputy Chief Judge Dikgang Moseneke believes the South African Constitution leaves too much power in the hands of one person who so ever is the president of the country at that time.
He says should he be given an opportunity to tweak or change it he would start with changing the imperial presidential model it has.
The struggle stalwart speaking at the Durban leg his book of launch - My Own Liberator; A memoir says when the constitution was structured power was over concentrated at the executive pinnacle.
He says ideas of him being his own liberator began brewing in his head at the age of 12 and in his book he paints a picture of where his journey began.
Moseneke who spent ten years on Robben Island says his career in law was shaped there - when he had to cross examine a witness for the first time as he represented himself.
He's described his experience as interesting adding that it was inspiring to see prisoners stand up to warders inside the walls of the prison.
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