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The qualities forged by his intense involvement in the struggle for democratic practices shaped his approach to conflict and strife, wherever it occurred.
Although the judgment promotes gender equality, it opens another chapter in the struggle between customs and constitutional rights.
A new book argues that South Africa should ‘start again’, but the reviewer says it doesn’t make a strong case.
The important question in a democratic setting is who gets to pay taxes and how they connect to the well-being of its citizens.
After three decades of democracy, the status of Afrikaans at formerly Afrikaans universities remains the subject of considerable debate.
The narrative of criminality is dangerous. It dehumanises destitute people, who are forced into informal mining to escape poverty.
A sea change in the system of governance is needed to fix South Africa and rebuild an economy plagued by serious crises.
Political secularism in South Africa is shaping into a tense contest between the relative ambitions of state and religious actors.
Land disputes arise when the fundamental principles of customary law are breached. The breach can be at the hands of the state or its representatives.
This is an opportunity for Deaf people to finally be properly educated in a language they understand.
Making South African Sign Language official is more symbolic than useful in the lives of a very marginalised community.
Mashatile could be the new broom that sweeps clean. Ramaphosa’s apparent confidence in him suggests that he has some latitude to do so.
The absence of reliable quantitative data makes it difficult – if not impossible – to hold Home Affairs, the police and other state entities to account.
A younger generation of feminists will remember her, above all, for her remarkable championing of the struggle against patriarchy.
It has become increasingly clear that the country needs to start thinking of life without Ramaphosa - and the ANC - in charge.
A historian counters the popular view that the 1989 collapse of the Berlin Wall set in motion talks to end apartheid. The process was unstoppable by then.
The decision is likely to be relied on by courts to order the Department of Correctional Services to grant offenders parole.
The new process of impeachment requires an objective test to be met.
Parliament’s failure to live up to its constitutional mandate was noted by the State Capture Commission as having enabled former president Zuma’s regime to corrupt state behaviour with ease.
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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, UCT. Visiting Adjunct Professor, WITS School of Governance; Director, Africa Programme, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor in Political Science, University of South Africa
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Professor Emeritus of Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Fort Hare
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Associate Professor of Law, North-West University
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Professor of African legal pluralism, University of the Western Cape
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Lecturer, Culture and Media department, Birkbeck, University of London
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Distinguished Professor and H F Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law, Stellenbosch University
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Director of the Mandela Institute, Professor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Law, New York Law School
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Professor of Law, UNSW