South African commercial law courses do not address the question of what norms and procedures govern business relations in indigenous African communities.
South African President Jacob Zuma and Tobeka Madiba, his fifth wife, celebrate their traditional wedding with a dance.
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Both South Africa’s courts and its legislature have failed to do their bit in creating a culturally diverse society.
Cyril Ramaphosa, the deputy president of South Africa and new president of the governing ANC, faces a dilemma in rooting out corruption.
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A groundbreaking High Court ruling outlawing the spanking of children in South Africa has outraged some Christian bodies that claim parents are entitled to hit their children in a “godly way”.
South African President Jacob Zuma sings before his opening address at the 54th National Conference of the governing ANC.
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Zuma’s last address to South Africa’s governing party, the ANC, as its president, betrayed his strange way of dealing with issues. He came across as delusional and self-indulgent.
Most South African police officers view their job as primarily just that -
a job and a means to survive.
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Inquests into atrocities committed under apartheid are important because many South Africans are beginning to question whether justice was done under the country’s truth and reconciliation process.
South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court Decision to reinstate almost 800 criminal charges against President Zuma.
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The Supreme Court of Appeal judgment means that South Africa’s president must be prosecuted - unless the national director of public prosecutions decides again to drop the charges against him.
Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe
has been granted immunity.
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There is no basis in customary, conventional international law or domestic law for the spouse of a head of state to claim - as a right - some form of immunity when visiting a foreign state.
A controversial book about Nelson Mandela’s last years has been withdrawn.
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The contentious book documenting Nelson Mandela’s last days that was pulled of the shelves left many unanswered questions. Judgement must be suspended until it’s content is made public.
The opposition is determined to get rid of President Jacob Zuma even if it means overriding democracy.
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If South Africa’s argument in court is that marijuana causes harm, it deserves to lose. The real question it should ask is whether criminal prohibition is the effective way forward.
School children wave a South African flag after visiting the Nelson Mandela house museum in Soweto.
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The judgment recognises that religion plays a large role in South African society. The right to follow a religion is embedded in the constitution. This means that South Africa isn’t a secular state.
Busisiwe Mkhwebane, the public protector of South Africa.
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The public protector’s proposal to change the mandate of South Africa’s Reserve Bank goes well beyond changing individual rules to overturning their very foundation, anchored in the Constitution.