The spy who knew nothing

Siyabonga Cwele is an easy man to like. Nic Dawes interviewed him once in his parliamentary office at the height of the Browse Mole "scandal."
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The dark side of 'lawfare'

Advocate Michelle le Roux assesses the strength of our constitutional enterprise.
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Constitutional balancing act

Are current challenges to the legitimacy of South Africa's judiciary themselves legitimate?
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Chilly winds are blowing around South African media

South Africa faces a challenging year as far as media freedom is concerned, argues Dario Milo.
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Extremism has no place in Islam

In South Africa questions are being asked about the World Cup and the potential for muslim extremism.
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In defence of Justice Richard Goldstone

Attacks on the integrity of the judge after the UN report on Gaza are misguided. A more appropriate critical response is needed.
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Dressing down sex work

Sex work is a problem. For a feminist, it is a particularly tricky problem, writes Marlise Richter.
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May the best-dressed win

Puma has stuck to its well-worn script of revealing, slick uniforms -- fabric pasted to the skin, in effect for this year's Afcon.
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Ghosts of the past alive in the present

Apartheid reparations remain one of the unfinished legacies of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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Twitter's great white hype

Like a bunch of dumbstruck pedestrians rubber-necking round a car wreck, the world began hanging on to Gregg's every tweet.
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Court gives a legal voice to the poor and powerless

Gilbert Marcus: Those entrusted with drafting a new democratic Constitution for South Africa were confronted with many difficulties.
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Court gives a legal voice to the poor and powerless

Judge Dennis Davis: Those entrusted with drafting a new democratic Constitution for South Africa were confronted with many difficulties.
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Obama: 'Bush with a smile'?

It’s one year since the US president’s historic election. Has he become trapped in his own lofty rhetoric?
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A window into hell on Earth

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, the most illiterate, the most afflicted by violence and disease, hunger and ill health.
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Bound by the bill of rights

A constitutional expert examines what the imperative to respect cultural diversity really means, in terms of customary law.
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By force of law

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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Graeme Pope-Ellis: Our greatest -- ever

Kevin Davie argues that canoeist Graeme Pope-Ellis is the country's pre-eminent sportsman.
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Step up to the plate on Cabinda

South Africa's wilful myopia regarding Angola is glaringly obvious, argues Niren Tolsi.
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White power at work: no pardon for De Kock

Author and journalist Christi van der Westhuizen argues that attempts to secure a presidential pardon for Eugene de Kock is white power at work.
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Towards an anatomy of violence

Eugene de Kock's actions should not be reduced to 'evil', argues author and lecturer Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, who once interviewed the man.
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