Category Archives: Constitutionalism

Verification process for traders removed from inner city

Maybe I am hypercritical but some of the statements of officials sound rather arrogant

Verifying of Jo’burg street vendors ‘total chaos’

Public Protector may be clearing Zuma over Nkandla expenditure

In the course of a report which indicates that Public Protector,Thuli Madonsela, may have found no evidence of wrongdoing it is reported that Continue reading →

Police chief takes steps to intimidate media in wake of allegations of defeating ends of justice

http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/phiyega-invokes-apartheid-law-1.1601241#.UnYF9aXH1SU

Private prison administrators G 4 S claim critics cast them as villains because they oppose privatisation

I am one of those who opposes privatisation of public services especially the prison and police services. Continue reading →

Johannesburg draconian ‘clean up’ of traders in inner city

Jo’burg’s ‘Clean Sweep’ is a dirty affair

Conditions relating to Bekkersdal protests

State left with Bekkersdal municipal mop-up

Raymond Suttner: Who can we trust to do our policing? South African Police Services (SAPS) or Private security?

Some years ago I argued that the private security industry (PSI) should be phased out Continue reading →

Rebecca Davis on Cape Town CBD looting

Gives some idea of the complex mix of factors involved in Cape Town looting. Continue reading →

Illegally evicted traders in Johannesburg inner city fight back

http://www.enca.com/south-africa/hawkers-see-red-over-joburg-clean-campaign

Rebecca Davis on official irregular violence/killings

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-10-29-sa-cops-too-fast-too-furious/#.UnE6bKXH1SV

Nomboniso Gasa and Thami Mdontswa on Land question in Justice Factor

Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega needs to step down so that irregular conduct can be investigated

At one point I used to argue that it was necessary for a police chief to be a person who was close to the head of state, Continue reading →

Police version of Marikana massacre unravels

http://mg.co.za/article/2013-10-24-marikanas-tangled-web-unravels

Attack on and eviction of traders in the inner city of Johannesburg

The evictions of traders in Jhbg inner city appears to be illegal Continue reading →

Apparent further irregular presidential influence to benefit his son

Zuma blood thickens hydro scheme

Zuma’s daughter Duduzile appears to have benefited from controversial Goldfields deal

Gold Fields link to Duduzile Zuma

Pierre de Vos argues that there is no legal basis for withholding Nkandla report from public

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2013-10-25-nkandla-untangling-that-rather-sticky-web/#.UmoUehaGj8t

Crisis of governability as Bekkersdal and surrounding areas flare up

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-10-25-westonaria-mayhem-when-the-children-hit-the-streets/#.UmoP1haGj8t

Khadija Patel, Marikana massacre. Ramaphosa’s statement revisited

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-10-25-marikana-massacre-ramaphosas-statement-revisited/#.UmoN7haGj8t

Steven Grootes, the mini-budget and reading the security of tenure of Pravin Gordhan

When Jacob Zuma was elected ANC president and subsequently, through the subversion of the legal process was able to be state president Continue reading →