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/ 20 January 2010
A constitutional expert examines what the imperative to respect cultural diversity really means, in terms of customary law.
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/ 20 January 2010
Customary law is not separate and distinct from the Constitution. Its existence and authority are drawn from it, argues a constitutional expert.
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/ 20 November 2009
US Supreme Court chief justice, Margaret H Marshall, tackles SA judiciary’s independence in this extract from the Bram Fischer Memorial Lecture.
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/ 3 December 2008
The African National Congress (ANC) on Wednesday pulled out of a public debate on the protection and defence of the Constitution.
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/ 22 October 2008
Point: Will the ANC, mindful of the real power that it is vesting in MPs, be more careful who it sends to Cape Town?
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/ 29 September 2008
Arms deal secrecy and legal contortions around Zuma worsen reputation for corruption — and Britain is on the slide too.
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/ 1 September 2008
We must assert the truth in a rational manner and refrain from using exaggerated language in so doing.
Companies are not exempt from the transformation agenda mandated by our Constitution. The Bill must recognise that openness.
As is evident from the number of people who have turned out to support him, many ordinary people believe he deserves a fair hearing.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has been given 14 days by the South African Human Rights Commission to retract his ”kill for Zuma” statement.