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/ 25 January 2008
High-profile criminal cases involving senior South African officials have renewed fears among opposition parties and the legal community that judicial independence may be at risk. President Thabo Mbeki’s government has had a testy relationship with the judiciary.
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/ 22 January 2008
South Africa’s young constitutional democracy is now facing serious challenges that threaten to unmake a great beginning. In managing the contradictions within and between the ruling party and the state, and among state institutions, fidelity to the Constitution and the rule of law must be the starting point, writes Shadrack Gutto.
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/ 16 December 2007
There are moments in history when the future appears as a series of stark choices between life and death, good and evil, progress and regression. Such is the national mood as the ANC gathers at Polokwane. We might call it the end of post-apartheid innocence — something similar to what other African countries experienced after a decade or more of independence.
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/ 16 September 2007
The report of the panel of experts on the development of policy on foreign ownership of land in South Africa is the product of a multidisciplinary team of highly qualified and experienced individuals. Although I am expressing myself in this piece in a personal capacity, the report itself is a product of the collective and ought to be treated as such.