Deputy Minister in the Presidency Thembi Siweya, left, visits homeless people at Johannnesburg’s Park Station on ‘Census Night’, 2 February.
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The census will focus everyone in on the core challenges the country faces, where they are, and who is most affected.
Lindiwe Sisulu pledges to uphold the constitution before fomer Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng in 2014.
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The rule of law embodies the rallying cry for the fair and democratic exercise of public power, buttressed by law and fundamental rights.
South Africa’s tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu has sparked controversy with her attack on the country’s constitution and judges.
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The politically ambitious Sisulu’s most recent campaigning grenade came in her cynical attack on the country’s constitution and judiciary.
Justice Raymond Zondo, left, hands over part 1 of the State Capture Commission report to President Cyril Ramaphosa on 4 January.
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Most South Africans believe the report into state capture must be followed up to ensure that those responsible for rampant corruption are held accountable.
South Africa’s President and African National Congress (ANC) party President Cyril Ramaphosa cuts the cake during the ANC’s 110th anniversary celebrations.
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Ramaphosa currently has no known rivals with widespread support within the African National Congress.
South African and African National Congress party’s President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks during the ANC’s 110th anniversary celebrations.
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South Africans are led by a dithering president at the helm of an inept political party which has already passed its sell by date.
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has delivered his first report on state capture to South African president Cyril Ramaphosa.
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The inquiry’s findings could be a defining moment for South Africa, but only if the work of the Commission leads to concrete action and systemic change.
Eskom has alleged that recent incidents at its power stations were sabotage.
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Attacks on national power generation’s critical infrastructure are a known strategy of hybrid warfare.
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South Africa has seen a fair number of whistleblowers raising the alarm on irregularities and corruption – the most recent was murdered.
The militarisation of the Zimbabwean government raises serious questions about who really wields political power - President Emmerson Mnangagwa or army leaders.
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The extent of democracy capture varies markedly between countries. It’s much higher in states such as Zimbabwe, where the government has never changed hands.
The governing ANC is losing its political hegemony.
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Exactly when the ANC’s reign will end rides on what the party does or does not do between now and its elective conference in 2022.
South Africa’s controversial new Speaker of Parliament, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
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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.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa delivers a speech next to a statue of the late former president Nelson Mandela in Cape Town in 2020.
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The extent to which presidents adhere to the constitutional written code will have profound implications in relation to their use of executive power.
Private armed security officers take a position near a burning barricade during a joint operation with South African Police Service officers in Jeppestown, Johannesburg.
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Corruption thrives in a destabilised state with weak institutions. South Africa cannot be allowed back to that space because there will be no turning back.
Former South African president Jacob Zuma.
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The posturing is bound to continue. But at the age of 78 Jacob Zuma’s long day in the sun is over.
Jacob Zuma in 2015 when he was South African president and president of the ruling African National Congress.
Jacob Zuma ran out of ideas to defend himself. Martyrdom is almost impossible without a cause, and he has none.
Former South African president Jacob Zuma stands in the dock at a separate trial at the Pietermaritzburg High Court in May.
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South Africa has many problems. But, as Jacob Zuma has found out, the strength of its rule of law and the independence of its judiciary should not be underestimated.
Many laws passed in recent times are not aimed at correcting false information, but punishing its publication.
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The majority of those punished under the laws to combat false information are opposition politicians or journalists.
A rural homestead in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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The judgment highlights the lack of interest by successive government ministers in curtailing the self-interested actions of rural elites.
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The state capture inquiry shows that South Africa’s parliament needs to urgently end the uncertainty about whether or not shadow directors are governed by the Companies Act.