Category Archives: Constitutionalism

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 →

Conflicting laws allow polluting mines to evade responsibility by Sipho Kings

Blyvoor: Legal minefield is a deadly hazard

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”?

Frank Meintjies, SACSIS article on time for solidarity with human victims of ‘clean out’ of Johannesburg

http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/1847

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

John Wright, Power and authority in Zulu kingdom: moving beyond the stereotypes

Power and authority in the Zulu kingdom: Moving beyond the stereotype

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

In a period of shameful acts, Johannesburg ‘cleansing’ must be one of the most disgraceful episodes of our time

When the Johannesburg Council removed traders from the pavements of the inner city, Continue reading →

JMPD deny harassing Johannesburg informal traders

Armed JMPD officers ‘harassing’ evicted informal traders