God’s appointed president

VOICES

Mogoeng Mogoeng long crossed the Rubicon that separates church and state, emerging as the public servant who will lead the faithful back to obedience, writes Dan Mafora.

Mogoeng Mogoeng, South Africa’s erstwhile chief justice, retired from the Constitutional Court on October 11. His appointment by former president Jacob Zuma in 2011 was highly controversial. It followed an unsuccessful attempt by Zuma to extend the term of office of Sandile Ngcobo, who had been chief justice then.