Boycotts and sanctions against Israel are a vote for nonviolence, democracy and self-determination
Civil society has fought against the worst of the breaches — securitisation, corruption, secrecy
Critical issues cut to the heart of the party’s recent record, which is perhaps why its leaders are failing to speak out.
State bodies cannot reject recommendations by the public protector on "irrational" grounds, writes Judith February.
The laissez-faire status quo on secret donations allows businesses to buy influence from political parties, writes Judith February.
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/ 28 October 2011
South Africa is about to enter into the biggest ever public-procurement processes in its history — involving Eskom and Transnet.
SA’s democracy is suffering from the absence of transparency and a complete lack of regulation of private funding, argues two analysts.
On April 20 this year the Cape High Court gave judgement, dismissing the application by the Institute for Democracy in South Africa to access records of private donations made to the four biggest political parties in South Africa — the African National Congress, the Democratic Alliance, the Inkatha Freedom Party and the New National Party — under the Promotion of Access to Information Act.
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/ 28 October 2002
‘Money has no loyalty. Investors take it where they will receive the most returns. If South Africa is perceived to be failing or adopting the wrong policies, investors withdraw their money and take it elsewhere — simple as that.”
If a country lives by its myths, then the myth of post-apartheid South Africa must be that it had become "the rainbow nation".