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 The last thing we should be doing now is committing ourselves to a decade or more of bailouts for Eskom. We must immediately split Eskom into two entities and open the market to more independent power producers – particularly solar power in our sun-rich nation. ~ Mmusi Maimane, Leader of the Democratic Alliance In […]

Pierre de Vos, Constitutionally Speaking 25 June 2019 Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane this week confirmed that she was investigating allegations of money laundering in relation to a donation made by Bosasa to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s campaign for ANC presidency. Money laundering is an extremely serious matter, and anyone convicted of money laundering faces a maximum fine of […]

Richard Calland, Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s third State of the Nation Address was longer on statecraft and strategy than his first of the year in February, even if it disappointed some critics with the lack of implementation detail. Much of the public commentary on these […]

The CHE wants students and faculty at universities to “internalise” so-called “transformative constitutionalism” into their curricula, their teaching, and their “socialisation activities”. The report also makes recommendations for “decolonisation” and “Africanisation” and requires all law faculties to use “all means at their disposal” to improve their “racial diversity”. Martin van Staden – 19 June 2019 […]