Establishing a human rights-anchored Constitutional Democracy remains one of the unique ‘freedom guaranteeing legacies the Mandela cohort of Parliamentarians, leadership complex, and thinkers had bequeathed to posterity. The isolation of each citizen into a human with rights protected and enshrined in the Constitution has not only subjugated organs of state [...]

The sentencing of Jacob Zuma, a significant figure in South African politics, has far-reaching implications. As he faces a 15-month jail term and becomes a subject of planning at correctional services, the focus shifts to the impact of this sentence on our fragile democracy and the functioning of our legal [...]

Democracy is supposed to be the arrangements with which society has agreed to govern itself. These arrangements are codified into laws and regulations through which society reconciles the conflicting interests of the individual members of society. How these interests aggregate into an acceptable policy position, generally coded as law, is [...]

Former ANC President Mbeki has penned a document to the effect that the ANC should not amend Section 25 of the Constitution in its quest to pave way for its National Conference resolution that directs ‘expropriation without compensation’, as a land restitution strategy. President Mbeki titles his document ‘suggestions on [...]