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New rules needed to regulate money in politics 27 Aug 2013 | 09:43 am
How do we know that political leaders and their family members (and the political parties they belong to) do not make decisions about government policy (or the awarding of tenders) to advance their ow...
FF+ vs. EFF: doomed to fail 22 Aug 2013 | 09:47 am
The Freedom Front Plus (FF+), which apparently enjoys strong support among Afrikaans speaking white people in far-flung metropolitan areas such as Carolina, Bapsfontein and Putsonderwater, has lodged ...
Spy Tapes: A clear and simple case 20 Aug 2013 | 09:56 am
In a constitutional democracy, an independent organ of state such as the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) cannot delegate any of its constitutional powers to the President or his lawyers. Not in a...
Hell is other people (trolling the Internet) 15 Aug 2013 | 09:33 am
There is something about the anonymity provided by the Internet that seems to bring out the worst in people. Too ashamed of their opinions to write under their own names, they regularly post the most ...
Mogoeng v Hoffman: Better not to roll around in the mud with the pigs 13 Aug 2013 | 10:21 am
The unseemly and racially charged row which has erupted after Paul Hoffman laid a complaint against chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng at the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) for remarks the chief justice...
Women’s day – just another day for men to call the shots? 8 Aug 2013 | 10:05 am
The notion of “celebrating” women’s day (or the whole month) has always struck me as a rather odd and, to a large degree, an unproductive one. Not because sex and gender are not experienced as real by...
Moment of truth arrives for Arms Deal Commission 6 Aug 2013 | 10:08 am
A Commission of Inquiry is a handy mechanism at the disposal of a president or a premier. A Commission of Inquiry can help to establish the truth about a specific event or can provide valuable assista...
Marikana Commission: more questions than answers 1 Aug 2013 | 09:55 am
It has been almost a year since President Jacob Zuma appointed a Commission of Inquiry to look into the events surrounding the massacre of 34 miners at Marikana in August last year and the killing of ...
Vavi: How many people truly judge others objectively? 30 Jul 2013 | 09:31 am
It is very difficult – some would say impossible – entirely to escape your own skin, your sex and gender, your political commitments, your social background, your class, your moral beliefs or your eco...
Pius Langa: a man who knew the meaning of transformation 25 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
Former Chief Justice Pius Langa passed away earlier this week at the age of 74. This measured man, one who never seemed flustered and always seemed to have time to reflect before speaking, was both a ...
