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Dhaya Pillay

Dhaya Pillay is a Judge of the High Court of South Africa (retired), and Commissioner: Electoral Commission of South Africa.

Latest Work

Dhaya Pillay

27 July 2026

Social inequality, not electoral apathy, is driving voter disengagement in SA

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Dhaya Pillay

15 June 2026

The real disability barrier is not impairment but exclusion

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In his fight for activists and HIV-positive prisoners, Judge Thumba Pillay held the line for humanity

25 May 2026

In his fight for activists and HIV-positive prisoners, Judge Thumba Pillay held the line for humanity

6 min

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Dhaya Pillay

11 May 2026

Weaponising the law — how selective prosecution drives global democratic decay

5 min

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Dhaya Pillay

19 April 2026

Democracy on the brink — unmasking threats, and the power of the vote

4 min

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Dhaya Pillay

25 July 2025

Assessing the Political Funding Act — does it strengthen SA's sovereignty and democracy?

9 min

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Romania's election chaos: Courts, social media, and the fight for democratic integrity

ELECTORAL INFLUENCE OP-ED

19 June 2025

Romania's election chaos: Courts, social media, and the fight for democratic integrity

9 min

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Judicial independence and the rule of law in Eswatini – a true test of democracy in practice

TRUTH AND JUSTICE OP-ED

23 June 2023

Judicial independence and the rule of law in Eswatini – a true test of democracy in practice

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