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The ANC’s choice of parliamentary Speaker reflects poorly on the party leadership and contrasts starkly with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s commitment to uncorrupt governance.
The proposed new law has a long history. The country has been trying for almost 12 years now to come up with expropriation legislation that is in line with the constitution.
Politicians’ knee jerk dismissal of an idea that could help rehabilitate ex-offenders is
unhelpful.
Legislation to control the private funding of political parties in South Africa is long overdue.
An alternative to an open fair dealing right, or as a clarification, South Africa’s copyright law could be amended with a specific provision to protect modern Internet uses.
The amendments to South Africa’s Money Bills Act don’t go far enough - for one, they do not address incoherence in Parliament’s oversight of taxes.
The domestic deployment of the military is almost always a sign of growing state repression.






