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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

8 February 2023

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

Judith February

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Judith February

26 January 2023

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

Judith February

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

Judith February

5 min

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Judith February

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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6 min

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Judith February

10 November 2022

The search for new ways of seeing that free us from the toxicity of current public discourse

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5 min

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Judith February

29 September 2022

Political theatre of smoke and mirrors aims to destroy the edifice of constitutional democracy

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5 min

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Judith February

2 September 2022

Ramaphosa's deafening silence on things that matter speaks volumes about a bereft government flailing in the dark

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Judith February

11 August 2022

Last week was one of great sorrow; we are exhausted by our country's brokenness

Judith February

7 min

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Judith February

24 July 2022

The pandemic of impunity has become democracy’s crisis

Judith February

6 min

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Judith February

30 June 2022

Dark lessons in democracy from both the US Supreme Court and our own under-attack judiciary

Judith February

6 min

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Judith February

16 June 2022

SA is in a dangerous phase where our democracy is at stake

Judith February

6 min

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Judith February

20 May 2022

In a post-truth world, exhaustion of critical thinking is the new ‘get out of jail free card’

Judith February

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