Ramaphosa was delivering the keynote address at an event celebrating 30 years since the establishment of the apex court in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, today. 

He says the advancement of socio-economic rights in relation to housing and basic rights has not progressed far enough. 

Ramaphosa has lamented the lack of implementation of court orders by state departments which result in the erosion of public trust in state institutions. 

"We must acknowledge the troubling irony of lauding the Constitutional Court’s progressive judgments on one hand, especially on socio-economic rights, with the reality that the state apparatus has in many of these cases had to be compelled by this very court to fulfil its obligations.”
“This points to widespread and systematic shortcomings in service delivery that must be addressed. Our people should not have to resort to litigation to have their rights realised," explains Ramaphosa.

Chief Justice Mandisa Maya has lauded the work of the Constitutional Court in the thirty years of its existence.

Maya was speaking in an exclusive interview with the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s Sakina Kamwedo, ahead of an event being held today at the court in Johannesburg to celebrate 30 years since its establishment.  

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