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Category Archives: democratisation
Nomboniso Gasa: Eloquent silences. Critique of National Development Plan (NDP) from gender and cultural perspective
Ahmed Kathrada’s beautiful tribute to Mandela
Raymond Suttner interview on Mandela on SABC3 (starts 12-13th minute of video)
Carol Paton on booing of Zuma at Mandela memorial
Pallo Jordan pays tribute to Nelson Mandela
More information from SERI on Johannesburg informal traders appeal to constitutional court
Johannesburg traders head for constitutional court
Bad day for constitution when judge rules that traders eviction from work place is not urgent
Exchange with Marius L Fransman (on Faceboook), leader of the ANC in the Western Cape, asking when I would come and campaign there
Marius L Fransman: Prof, when you coming to help with campaign in WC, Continue reading
Greg Nicolson reports on atmosphere in and around traders action against Johannesburg council.
This is Gcina Malindi,SC, one of the trialists in a UDF treason trial of the 1980s, now a leading advocate. the words are that of Greg Nicolson summarising
‘Advocate Gcina Malindi represented the respondents and decided not to respond to the real issues. Instead, in a sleepy speech, he argued the technicalities of urgency. He said the traders had ample time to launch a court action since the effects of Clean Sweep were being felt in October. They were simply trying to waste the court’s time, he argued, and even asked the traders to pay the municipality’s legal costs, a request Judge Monamo responded to by saying the traders have no money. “If the older people can do something wrong then the younger people will follow because they learn from that,” the judge advised.
Malindi said that the traders are out of work is nothing new in South Africa. “There can never be an appropriate time to act,” he counselled. If it’s not at Christmas time, it will be when children are starting school.’
Judgment reserved in case to reverse eviction of traders from johannesburg city centre
Joburg city lawyers use cynical arguments to deny urgency of evicted hawkers claims
Tara Weinberg, Re-opening restitution, election promises doomed to backfire
Richard Pithouse on the broader practices of governance that make collapse of Tongaat Mall and other attacks on the poor continue
Johannesburg seeks to expand its cleansing with preparation of apparently unconstitutional law
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
Bekkersdal as microcosm of wider social crisis by Jay Naidoo
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
Raymond Suttner 