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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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18 June 2025

The long walk to Lord’s: SA’s cricket comes full circle from adversity to historic victory

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1 June 2025

Gayton McKenzie should be relieved of his Cabinet position

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18 May 2025

White flight, black facts: Debunking the myth of Afrikaner persecution

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6 April 2025

While the leaves blow, the country burns — the danger of normalising the absurd

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6 March 2025

Ramaphosa focuses on G20 at the expense of critical domestic issues

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23 February 2025

Undergirding the values of the Constitution is the next struggle we face

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13 February 2025

Lies are the currency of the Trump presidency — as is ignorance

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4 February 2025

Dear Mr President, for Sona 2025 please lose the clunky, uninspiring rhetoric of the past

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26 January 2025

Our deeply uncaring state is impervious to the lives of our country’s most vulnerable citizens

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3 January 2025

Beyond the fear, panic and loathing — hope as an act of defiance against the threat of democratic degradation

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16 December 2024

Legal Practice Council on thin ice — Scandals, allegations of mismanagement and the erosion of trust

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17 November 2024

Is this what democracy looks like - Dark, dystopian, fear-filled and enraged?

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