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Afrikaans under threat despite there being 7.4 million Afrikaans speakers in South Africa

The Constitution guarantees people’s rights to use the language of their choice but the Khampepe report on Stellenbosch University and the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill…

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and then-president Thabo Mbeki in 2000.

Mbeki misunderstands our culture of accountability

Thabo Mbeki presents a distorted picture of what the presidency’s defence against publishing the Khampepe report actually was – and why it failed.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and then-president Thabo Mbeki in 2000.

Mbeki: We owe no one an apology

Former president Thabo Mbeki responds to an M&G Khampepe editorial that said he "connived in the subversion of democracy in a neighbouring state".

Editorial: Mbeki betrayed democracy

The Khampepe report shows just how easy it is for leaders to reject the rights of citizens. South Africa may well be on the same slippery slope.

Tsvangirai: SA aided subversion of Zim democratic process

MDC-T’s Morgan Tsvangirai has chastised the South African government for sweeping the Khampepe report under the carpet.

All rests in the hands of Acting Chief Justice Sisi Khampepe, who, as the acting chairperson of the JSC, decides how to respond to Casac’s papers.

Can Khampepe change how elections are monitored?

The release of the Khampepe report is a hollow victory if independent organisations do not change the way they monitor African elections in future.

Under watch: Morgan Tsvangirai is yet to announce when the protests will begin.

Khampepe report ‘vindicates’ civil society, opposition

Zim opposition parties and civil organisations say the report’s findings "have vindicated us", are "spot on" and show Africa has a long way to go.

Khampepe: Zim’s 2002 elections not free and fair

The findings of the much-coveted Khampepe report, finally made public on Friday, found that the 2002 Zimbabwe elections were not "free and fair".

M&G wins right to view Khampepe Report on Zim elections

After a five year battle to access a report into vote-rigging during the 2002 Zimbabwe elections, the Concourt has finally ruled in the M&G’s favour.

Constitutional values hinge on Khampepe

A lawyer involved in the case to release the secret report believes the highest of stakes are on the line.

Justice Sisi Khampepe

Another step back in access to disputed Khampepe report

The M&G’s six-year legal quest to gain access to the Khampepe report has taken yet another extraordinary turn.

South Africa’s secondary education system must find better ways to prepare matriculants for tertiary education.

Zim election report: Presidency loses latest bid for secrecy

The Supreme Court of Appeal rules that the government must hand the Khampepe Report on Zimbabwe’s 2002 elections over to the Mail & Guardian.

Another ‘judicial peak’ to determine Khampepe release

The presidency abandoned previous plans to rely on the fact that the Khampepe report was "missing", in its efforts to prevent the report’s release.

Jeremy Gauntlett SC is the advocate representing the Mail & Guardian in its attempt to get the presidency to release the Khampepe report to the newspaper.

Zim elections: Have we reached peak Khampepe?

The release of the report into Zimbabwe’s 2002 election may be delayed by another ‘judicial peek’.

Constitutional Court justice Sisi Khampepe.

Khampepe report: The state likes its herrings red

Four courts have agreed the report into the 2002 Zim elections should be made public: the new appeal is yet another delaying tactic.

Khampepe report on Zim election miraculously resurfaces

The M&G’s six-year legal quest to gain access to the confidential Khampepe report into the disputed 2002 Zim elections has taken another turn.

Constitutional Court justice Sisi Khampepe.

Khampepe: Plea for ‘safe passage’ of judges’ report

A new stumbling block has emerged in the Mail & Guardian’s battle to have the Khampepe report made public.

Justice Sisi Khampepe

State attorney: I did not take secret Zim report

Judge Joseph ​Raulinga grills attorney Petros Rakoatsi over visits to his office to find the "missing" Khampepe report on Zimbabwe’s 2002 elections.

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe.

So … the Khampepe report is ‘missing’

The report into the controversial 2002 Zim elections has disappeared from the judge’s chambers after a state attorney’s bid to "retrieve" it failed.

Presidency determined to hold back Khampepe report

The presidency has failed to comply with yet another court order directing it to provide the Khampepe report on Zimbabwe’s 2002 elections to the M&G.