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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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As Ramaphosa harbours vain hope of fixing a sputtering ANC, we must heed Zondo’s warning

CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER

25 January 2022

As Ramaphosa harbours vain hope of fixing a sputtering ANC, we must heed Zondo’s warning

Judith February

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4 January 2022

South Africa needs renewed citizen activism and political imagination to stop the democratic degradation

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3 January 2022

Let Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s pine coffin stand as a symbol in the life of our nation

Judith February

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Political leadership: President Ramaphosa, lead us into the light

20 November 2021

Political leadership: President Ramaphosa, lead us into the light

Judith February

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26 October 2021

There is no room for error in the appointment of South Africa’s Chief Justice

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22 September 2021

The full slight of the law: South Africa’s demise is enabled by rot from the top, police inertia and ceaseless tides of violence

Judith February

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19 July 2021

It is abundantly clear that South Africa needs a new social compact, and urgently

Judith February

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13 July 2021

As Zuma gets his denouement, South Africa needs deep self-reflection on its faultlines

Judith February

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5 July 2021

Zuma, the shamed man from Nkandla, has betrayed the Constitution, and its promise

Judith February

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30 June 2021

Powerful precedent: ConCourt draws a line in the sand with Zuma judgment

Judith February

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31 May 2021

President Ramaphosa’s media silence only amplifies the matter of beleaguered Health Minister Zweli Mkhize

Judith February

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Weighed against the crass materialism of the political class, rebuilding the UCT library is a veritable act of defiance

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