Villagers till their fields in South Africa’s North West Province. Access to land for small holder farmers remains unresolved.
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Land reform programme has done very little to improve access to land for black South Africans.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the launch of a national anti-gang unit in Cape Town.
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The law aimed at fighting gangs lacks the power to disrupt their activities.
Angelo Agrizzi, the former chief operating officer of private security firm, at a South African commission of inquiry into corruption.
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The state capture inquiry is a remarkable political as well as legal event.
A Xolobeni villager protesting against mine development.
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Villagers from a community in South Africa’s Eastern Cape fought to be consulted and for the power to consent to mining their land.
South Africans head to the polls in May 2019 but there are challenges.
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South Africa’s electoral commission’s failure to ensure a credible voters’ roll threatens to undo its legacy of free and fair elections.
The fight for decent housing in South Africa has been unsuccessful.
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Failure by South Africa’s municipalities to provide housing for the poor violates a Constitutional Court ruling.
South Africa’s Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.
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South Africa’s Constitutional Court has performed remarkably well in protecting democracy since 1995.
Communities in South Africa’s North West Province are embroiled in battles with chiefs over land.
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South Africa has made progress towards interrupting the looting of land by chiefs, state officials and mining capital.
A large number of poor South Africans live in informal settlements.
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Initiatives to boost South Africa’s economy could reinforce structural weaknesses without addressing the high levels of inequality.
Media should be held to the same accountability standards they demand, especially from public representatives.
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South Africans have a right to know why the lapses at Sunday Times occurred and why those that spoke up against them were silenced.
Rastafarians celebrate after the South African Constitutional Court ruled that the personal use of marijuana is now legal.
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The legalisation of the private use of cannabis in South Africa is a victory for human rights. But, much more work needs to be done to make it practical.
Violent protests over the poor delivery of basic municipal services occur frequently in South Africa.
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South Africa’s dysfuctional municipalities are characterised by very poor, or no delivery, of basic services such as refuse collection.
Former President Jacob Zuma: the Constitutional Court has ruled his appointment of the top prosecutor illegal.
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An effective, accountable National Prosecutions Authority needs at least two things: structural independence and competent personnel with expertise and integrity.
A member of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters party with a copy of the Constitution.
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South Africa’s constitution has been amended 17 times already. But, the procedure for doing so is onerous.
South Africa’s 2016 municipal elections. A new bill aims to make party funding transparent.
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Legislation to control the private funding of political parties in South Africa is long overdue.
South Africa’s Auditor General Kimi Makwetu says most municipalities in the country are dysfunctional.
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Nearly a third of South Africa’s municipalities are not financially viable.
Freedom day marks the first time all South Africans cast their vote for a democratic government.
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This years’ Freedom Day in South Africa can signify a difference: a renewal and return to the values of the 1994 social contract
Chief Nyalala Pilane of Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela has been accused of corruption regarding mining royalties.
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Some communities on South Africa’s Platinum Belt have received substantial mining revenues, but these are controlled by chiefs.
South African court rules that racism is a criminal offence.
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Past cases indicate that verbal crimen injuria is not that serious. But a landmark sentence in South Africa has changed that.
Limpopo Province, South Africa. Who owned this land?
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In practice, land expropriation in South Africa will be a matter of deciding which descendants of the dispossessed are entitled to it.