Joburg street traders in limbo

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/joburg-street-traders-in-limbo-1.1611401#.UpC5H6XH1SU

Pierre de Vos, E-toll civil disobedience reveals lack of respect for democracy

The period of white rule and apartheid saw a long history of civil disobedience and indeed defiance, Continue reading

Ministers’ defence of Nkandla spending unconvincing

Ministers trip themselves up over Nkandla

No action taken against Tongaat developer

http://www.enca.com/south-africa/no-action-taken-against-tongaat-developer

Bekkersdal as microcosm of wider social crisis by Jay Naidoo

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2013-11-22-bekkersdal-the-turning-point-in-sa-municipal-politics-time-for-a-line-in-the-ground/#.Uo8Qa6XH1SV

Collapsed Tongaat Mall construction group awarded another R 101 million tender

Collapsed Tongaat mall construction group awarded R101m tender

Council must be probed over Tongaat mall collapse

http://www.iol.co.za/business/opinion/business-watch/council-must-be-probed-over-tongaat-mall-collapse-1.1610117#.Uo76JKXH1SU

Bill evokes ‘stooges of apartheid’ by Niren Tolsi

Unprecedented third round of hearings in North-West reject TCB.  People ask whether they are being pummelled with consultations till they agree.

http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2013/11/22/bill-evokes-stooges-of-apartheid

ENCA video: Many questions hang over Tongaat Mall scandal

http://www.enca.com/south-africa/many-questions-hang-over-tongaat-mall-scandal

Collusion between officials and builder of Tongaat mall investigated

http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/2013/11/21/durban-tycoon-faces-further-scrutiny-after-tongaat-mall-death

Tongaat builder ignored orders to stop

http://www.thepost.co.za/tongaat-builders-ignored-orders-to-stop-1.1609839#.Uo5C9KXH1SU

National Council of Provinces ignores rural voices on Traditional courts bill

NCOP again ignores rural voices on Traditional Courts Bill: A case of “we’ll consult until we change your minds”?

Collapse of Tongaat building: when politially connected tenders cost lives

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-11-20-tongaat-tragedy-when-political-connections-and-dodgy-tenders-cost-lives/#.Uo2u-aXH1SU

State does not consult rural people about laws that affect them. By Mbongiseni Buthelezi

“The state does not consult rural people about laws that affect them”

Advocacy for women’s land rights-plotting way forward by Frances Ann Eberhard and Tara Weinberg,

Advocacy for women’s land rights: Plotting the way forward

Land question in South Africa with Nomboniso Gasa, Leon Louw, Songezo Zibi and Monty Narsoo (Helen Suzman Foundation panel)

http://hsf.org.za/resource-centre/roundtable-series/issue-twenty-eight-october-2013-title-and-entitlement-the-land-question-in-south-africa/view

Ungovernability in the townships

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/why-our-townships-are-burning-1.1608166#.Uomy2ZHN7fM

Clearing of traders from inner city is attack on the poor

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-11-15-operation-clean-sweep-not-just-a-clean-up-but-a-purge-of-the-poor/#.UoXGsaXH1SV

Clean up of inner city is attack on livelihood of traders struggling to survive

The removal of traders, legally present and sometimes illegally, from the inner city, Continue reading