Le Monde diplomatique on implications of US/ Iran’s thaw in relations
Beeld story on my exchange with Marius Fransman, ANC Western Cape leader regarding my unwillingness to assist ANC in election
Mail and Guardian editorial on Nkandla provisional report
ANC response to Nkandla report: we do not believe president responsible for any wrongdoing.
Payback time Mr President (Nkandla irregularities)
Nkandla report-Zuma in the deep end
Aftermath of ruling that traders case is not urgent
Bad day for constitution when judge rules that traders eviction from work place is not urgent
Miners cheated out of parts of pension and other compensation
Deeper and wider irregularities linked to Tongaat mall builder
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
Let us hope that Krejcir torture claims are properly investigated
A climate exists that can easily lead one to ignore the torture claims of Radovan Krejcir. Continue reading
Raymond Suttner 