The enactment of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 [hereafter referred to as the Constitution] concretised the foundations for shattering the apartheid paradigm of oppressive, suppressive, unaccountable and unjust political, social and public administrative systems and practices. The constitutionally mandated Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, 2000 (Act 3 of 2000) and the constitutionally embedded right to just administrative action cemented a paradigm designed for a dignified, democratic, fair and accountable, as well as, a non-racist and non-sexist approach to the exercise of public power. Support and implementation of these mandates are provided by the people-first policy explained in the White Paper on Transforming Public Service Delivery, the Public Service, and State Institutions Supporting Constitutional Democracy as well as the Legal Aid Board as a judicial institution. Regular administrative justic