Aids activists demand that the government of then South African President Thabo Mbeki show a clear plan to fight the disease and save lives. ReutersTwenty two years after the end of apartheid, South Africa’s Constitutional Court is one of the few meaningfully independent public institutions left in the country. Its decisions on political and social rights, in particular, have … [Read more...] about How a country’s constitutional court can consolidate and deepen democracy | The Conversation
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New: What Future for South African Democracy?
What Future for South African Democracy? There was no space in the process for symbolic justice of the kind advocated by student activists: in an analog to recent struggles in the United States over the Confederate flag, the very same symbols identified by black South Africans as oppressive ... Read more on Boston Review South Africa to import up to 6 mln tonnes of … [Read more...] about New: What Future for South African Democracy?
US interest rates signal change; Obama’s calm leadership; democracy…
Business Day Live / Johannesburg, South Africa Rising US interest rates signal more change to come “[T]he [US] Fed’s rate rise didn’t cause much renewed volatility anywhere. Indeed, markets saw something of a ‘relief rally’…. This is the way it should be. Read the full article by here: Johannesburg, South Africa News Submit and get free … [Read more...] about US interest rates signal change; Obama’s calm leadership; democracy…
Rail plans to realise promise of democracy
A train at Orlando Station on its way to Vereeniging. The writer calls for the introduction of high-speed trains to take commuters and other passengers safely and quickly between urban and rural areas. Read the full article by here: Johannesburg, South Africa News Submit and get free press releases here: MyPR Free Press Release. Click HERE to submit your Johannesburg … [Read more...] about Rail plans to realise promise of democracy
.com | SA judiciary a threat to democracy – Cosatu
The judiciary has become a threat to South Africa’s democracy, Cosatu president S’dumo Dlamini said on Tuesday evening. “We have seen how our hard won advances secured since the democratic breakthrough continue to face threats from our own judiciary which zigzags from making progressive rulings which asserts the new democratic dispensation and making rulings … [Read more...] about .com | SA judiciary a threat to democracy – Cosatu
