Democracy
MAHLATSE MAHLASE: Defending media freedom in SA is a continuous battle
Despite the fact that the media's rights are enshrined in our Constitution, we have learnt in the 27-year journey of our democracy that even when guaranteed,...
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An abandoned legacy: Homes of SA’s political activists left to rot
Eyewitness News visited the homes of prominent historical figures in South Africa’s journey to democracy and discovered that some of the buildings had been allowed to fall into ruin. Are South Africans neglecting their country's history? #FreedomDay #StruggleHeroes
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Ramaphosa on Freedom Day: The promise of 1994 is yet to be fulfilled for many
President Cyril Ramaphosa led the 2021 National Freedom Day celebrations on 27 April 2021, in Botshabelo, Free State Province.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: How did South Africa lose its way so badly?
Now is a definitive time to be seeking to draw lessons from the past and to think about a future South Africa shaped by citizens who demand accountability from those in power, writes Judith February.
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KHAYA XABA: 28 years after Chris Hani’s assassination, how is SA faring?
It’s important to undertake a frank assessment of some of the most pressing South African issues that our beloved Cde Chris Thembisile Hani fought for, writes Khaya Xaba.
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Freedom House downgrades India to 'partly free'
The democracy research institute, which is independent but receives US funding, pointed to mob violence against Muslims, intimidation of journalists and rising judicial interference since Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party won power in 2014.
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Algeria frees first democracy activists after presidential pardons
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune declared in a speech Thursday dozens of pardons in a gesture of appeasement as the Hirak protest movement, which swept former strongman Abdelaziz Bouteflika from power in 2019, gathers momentum once again.
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ANALYSIS: Presidents who subvert democracies can hit a brick wall: ask Zuma
South Africa’s Constitutional Court rebuke to Jacob Zuma in its latest judgment reminds him that no-one, not even the president, is above the law.
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A threat to democracy: COVID-19 has exposed how big fake news in SA is – experts
In South Africa, senior politicians and members of the judiciary have expressed doubts about the role of COVID-19 vaccines and the management of the pandemic.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: A deeply divided nation, SA needs to find its better angels
South Africa has lessons to learn from last week’s moment of rupture in American history, writes Judith February.
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World leaders condemn 'assault on democracy' at US Capitol
On Wednesday hardcore Trump fans invaded the US Capitol to protest the election defeat, taking selfies, scuffling with security and ransacking parts of the building.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: On 25 years of democracy & rethinking our Constitution
We have a duty to the people who built our Constitution, even when we don't agree with it, writes Judith February.
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Pandemic putting democracy under threat: study
The study, which examined the situation in almost all countries of the world, concluded that 61% of nations 'implemented restrictions that were either illegal, disproportionate, indefinite or unnecessary' in at least one area of democratic freedoms.
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MAHLATSE MAHLASE: Why the Thuma Mina Whatsapp group conspiracy is dangerous
The implications of disinformation campaigns and public attacks on journalists are far reaching, writes Mahlatse Mahlase.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Trump and the degradation of democracy: The lessons for SA
Where there’s a lack of leadership or there is destructive leadership, there are deep consequences for the future of democracy itself, writes Judith February.
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Remembering Achmat Dangor, the South African novelist who redefined identity
In many ways, Dangor’s fiction represented the shifts that SA literature and culture underwent in the early days of the transition to democracy.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: The breakdown of SA’s participatory democracy
Is it any wonder that there’s a cynicism when we hear of government’s trite promises to ‘fight corruption’, asks Judith February.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Nothing about democratic progress is inevitable
For a ‘new sense of accountability’ as encouraged by President Ramaphosa, we will need not only the state to reinvent and remake itself, but more specifically, the ANC, writes Judith February.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: COVID-19 lockdown: Keep faith with SA’s hard-won democracy
South Africa's 21-day coronavirus lockdown is about more than a set of rules to be followed. It is about finding the wellspring of goodness we all know still sits at the heart of this complex country, writes Judith February.
