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Even the most benevolent of governments are made up of people with all the propensities for human failings. The rule of law as we understand it consists in the set of conventions and arrangements that ensure that it is not left to the whims of individual rulers to decide on what is good for the populace. The administrative conduct of government and authorities are subject to the scrutiny of independent organs. This is an essential element of good governance that we have sought to have built into our new constitutional order . . .

It was, to me, never reason for irritation but rather a source of comfort when these bodies were asked to adjudicate on actions of my Government and my Office and judged against.

FORMER PRESIDENT

NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA