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25 Years of the Constitution and Me: The words for which I never had to fight

Lwando Xaso
06 Dec

We, the People: Being South African means reaching out your hand to humanise the inhuman

Lwando Xaso
03 Dec

The economics of the 2021 elections: When your enemy’s enemy becomes your own enmity

Tim Cohen
28 Nov

Human right reality check: South Africa’s water resources must be democratised

Ferrial Adam
11 Nov

When elections become unpredictable, we move closer to democracy

Lwando Xaso
09 Nov

Focus on local government is too narrow: Economic development and safeguarding the environment are also key

Xolisa Phillip
10 Oct

South Africa must return to its deep activist heritage of progressive values and social justice

Mandla Nkomfe
22 Sep

Tip-toeing through the South African legal minefield of land expropriation without compensation

Pam Saxby
22 Sep

I have a dream that one day soon a new political party of hope and renewal will rise from the ashes of the ANC

Ashley Forbes
25 Aug

A place where you despair on Monday and hope on Tuesday — that’s our Mzansi

Oscar van Heerden
11 Aug

Hate speech cannot be morally or legally protected by the right to freedom of expression

Pierre de Vos
03 Aug

Julius Malema should put aside his desire to be a messiah and follow the Constitution

Jo-Mangaliso Mdhlela
01 Aug

Perplexed with Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s high court victory? You should be — here’s why

Professor Balthazar
01 Aug

The ANC must go: This is not the South Africa we fought and went to prison for

Ashley Forbes
26 Jul

Parliament cannot fall down the rabbit hole of secrecy

Marianne Merten
26 Jul

The long-term threat to the constitutional model that South Africa chose in 1996 is real

Professor Balthazar
19 Jul

Police political bosses want limited disclosure in State Capture investigations

Marianne Merten
11 Jul

All (including Jacob Zuma) are equal before the law: The judiciary has strengthened our constitutional democracy

Andrew Ihsaan Gasnolar
08 Jul

One step forward, two steps back: ANC’s proposal to amend section 25 of the Constitution

Ektaa Deochand
07 Jul

Proceed with caution: Employers have a right to insist that employees be vaccinated against Covid-19

Tzvi Brivik
06 Jul

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

Judith February
05 Jul