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Theunis Roux, Professor of Law, UNSW It is hard to comment on a draft constitutional amendment that is apparently not in its final form. But the stakes surrounding the proposed change to section 25 of South Africa’s constitution are too high to wait until the governing African National Congress (ANC) sets out exactly how it […]

Susan Booysen, Research director at Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (Mistra), Visiting Professor and Professor Emeritus, University of the Witwatersrand The spotlight will be firmly on South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as he runs the gauntlet of delivering the annual state of the nation address on behalf of the governing party, African National Congress (ANC), […]

The ANC’s NEC has, at its recent lekgotla, stated that it wants the ANC Executive to decide on when expropriated land should be subject to nil compensation (and not the courts, as the amendment reads at present). Theuns Eloff: Chair, FW de Klerk Foundation Board of Advisers – February 2020 The deadline for comments on […]

Mcebisi Ndletyana, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Johannesburg What are South Africans to make of the murmurs that its governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), plans to recall Cyril Ramaphosa as president of the republic at its next National General Council in June? That’s where the party will meet to review if […]