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Judith February

Judith February is executive officer: Freedom Under Law and editor of Daily Maverick’s legal newsletter, Judith’s Prudence.

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Judith February

22 October 2023

Never give up, Never say die – A love letter to our country after ‘that RWC game’

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13 October 2023

Judicial Service Commission’s appointments process is again mired in controversy

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6 min

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14 September 2023

Joburg fire tragedy highlights so much of what is wrong in South Africa

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6 min

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14 July 2023

South Africans remain merchants of hope despite persistent awfulness

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5 min

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8 June 2023

The bitter dividend of our freedom has spawned despair and ugliness in equal measure

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6 min

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18 May 2023

Lady R saga reveals a ship of state foundering in a sea of uncertainty and ineptitude

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7 min

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20 April 2023

Thabo Bester saga shows gaping holes in accountability systems for government, prisons, ministers

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5 min

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10 March 2023

Ramaphosa has chosen the party über alles, leaving South Africans alone in an Orwellian nightmare

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5 min

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8 February 2023

We don’t want death by detail, Mr President, but a short, sharp Sona setting the stage for bold action

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5 min

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26 January 2023

Things fall apart as the hollow men and women lead us further into the dark void

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8 min

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Reflections on Nasrec: The ANC’s diminished intellectual roots

4 January 2023

Reflections on Nasrec: The ANC’s diminished intellectual roots

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5 min

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9 December 2022

Phala Phala – as Ramaphosa fights for his political life, we’re left to defend our democracy on our own

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