Comments for Constitutionally Speaking http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za This blog deals with political and social issues in South Africa, mostly from the perspective of Constitutional Law. Written by Pierre de Vos Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:27:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Malema verdict might not be something to celebrate by Mikhail Dworkin Fassbinder http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/malema-verdict-might-not-be-something-to-celebrate/#comment-61360 Mikhail Dworkin Fassbinder Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:27:10 +0000 http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/?p=5423#comment-61360 I, for one, see nothing to celebrate in the way that Mr Malema has been sidelined. He is still young, and has a lot to learn. You don't punish a youngster by pushing him outside the tent. You keep in inside, where he can receive the love, nurturing care, gentle balm, and nightly feeding that he so plainly needs. Thanks. I, for one, see nothing to celebrate in the way that Mr Malema has been sidelined. He is still young, and has a lot to learn. You don’t punish a youngster by pushing him outside the tent. You keep in inside, where he can receive the love, nurturing care, gentle balm, and nightly feeding that he so plainly needs.

Thanks.

]]> Comment on Malema verdict might not be something to celebrate by Gwebecimele http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/malema-verdict-might-not-be-something-to-celebrate/#comment-61359 Gwebecimele Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:11:19 +0000 http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/?p=5423#comment-61359 Irrespective of the "number of poor miner's dead bodies" this will never see the day of light. OVER THEIR DEAD BODIES http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Shabangu-Make-CEOs-liable-for-mine-deaths-20120207 Irrespective of the “number of poor miner’s dead bodies” this will never see the day of light. OVER THEIR DEAD BODIES

http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Shabangu-Make-CEOs-liable-for-mine-deaths-20120207

]]> Comment on Malema verdict might not be something to celebrate by Gwebecimele http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/malema-verdict-might-not-be-something-to-celebrate/#comment-61358 Gwebecimele Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:07:56 +0000 http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/?p=5423#comment-61358 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/brentmeersman/2012/02/04/occupy-tshwane-behold-the-bourgeois-revolution/ http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/brentmeersman/2012/02/04/occupy-tshwane-behold-the-bourgeois-revolution/

]]> Comment on Malema verdict might not be something to celebrate by Lee Cahill http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/malema-verdict-might-not-be-something-to-celebrate/#comment-61356 Lee Cahill Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:28:13 +0000 http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/?p=5423#comment-61356 Why is it surprising that there might be Stalinist undertones in the way this case was handled? The ANC has been leaning that way ever since the time of Mbeki. That said, my feeling is that Malema undoubtedly violated the provisions of his party's own constitution, and that it would have been a failure of governance had he not been disciplined within that framework. Why is it surprising that there might be Stalinist undertones in the way this case was handled? The ANC has been leaning that way ever since the time of Mbeki.

That said, my feeling is that Malema undoubtedly violated the provisions of his party’s own constitution, and that it would have been a failure of governance had he not been disciplined within that framework.

]]> Comment on Malema verdict might not be something to celebrate by Gwebecimele http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/malema-verdict-might-not-be-something-to-celebrate/#comment-61355 Gwebecimele Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:43:57 +0000 http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/?p=5423#comment-61355 http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-07-ayanda-kota-unapologetic-anc-apostate http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-07-ayanda-kota-unapologetic-anc-apostate

]]> Comment on Malema verdict might not be something to celebrate by Brett Nortje http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/malema-verdict-might-not-be-something-to-celebrate/#comment-61354 Brett Nortje Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:34:13 +0000 http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/?p=5423#comment-61354 Maggs Naidu - maggsnaidu@hotmail.com says: February 7, 2012 at 7:48 am Maggs, bite me! 'Right wing' as a pejorative, hey? Where does one rank 'right wing' as a moral failing on the continuum of moral failure compared to, say, being an AIDS-denialist responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, my dear Vuyo? Maggs Naidu – maggsnaidu@hotmail.com says:
February 7, 2012 at 7:48 am

Maggs, bite me!

‘Right wing’ as a pejorative, hey?

Where does one rank ‘right wing’ as a moral failing on the continuum of moral failure compared to, say, being an AIDS-denialist responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, my dear Vuyo?

]]> Comment on Malema verdict might not be something to celebrate by Gwebecimele http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/malema-verdict-might-not-be-something-to-celebrate/#comment-61353 Gwebecimele Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:29:17 +0000 http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/?p=5423#comment-61353 THE DOOMSAYERS HAVE BEEN BULLIED ALREADY, THROW AWAY THE COKE AND POPCORNS THERE IS NO DEBATE HERE. SHABANGU LOOKS VERY HEALTHY AND STRONG WHILE JUJU IS FOLLOWING FARTING COWS. "The Minister [of Mineral Resources, Susan Shabangu] was pretty forthright in saying that there will be nationalisation over her dead body. "Now you couldn't ask for a clearer statement than that," Manuel told the indaba, which was attended by financiers, investors, mining professionals and government officials. "The mining sector is so fundamentally important as a platform to construct the [upliftment] transition that we can't be able to take this idea of nationalisation forward," Manuel said. "If some doomsayer comes along and generates another lie [about nationalisation], don't believe them," he said." THE DOOMSAYERS HAVE BEEN BULLIED ALREADY, THROW AWAY THE COKE AND POPCORNS THERE IS NO DEBATE HERE. SHABANGU LOOKS VERY HEALTHY AND STRONG WHILE JUJU IS FOLLOWING FARTING COWS.

“The Minister [of Mineral Resources, Susan Shabangu] was pretty forthright in saying that there will be nationalisation over her dead body.

“Now you couldn’t ask for a clearer statement than that,” Manuel told the indaba, which was attended by financiers, investors, mining professionals and government officials.

“The mining sector is so fundamentally important as a platform to construct the [upliftment] transition that we can’t be able to take this idea of nationalisation forward,” Manuel said.

“If some doomsayer comes along and generates another lie [about nationalisation], don’t believe them,” he said.”

]]> Comment on Silence = Death by Brett Nortje http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/silence-death/#comment-61352 Brett Nortje Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:27:40 +0000 http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/?p=5409#comment-61352 Gwebecimele, one evening, during a heatwave, one of the ladies in our martial arts class stripped down to her camisole. Sifu went to her and made her put her shirt back on. Twenty years later I still hold it against him. Gwebecimele, one evening, during a heatwave, one of the ladies in our martial arts class stripped down to her camisole.

Sifu went to her and made her put her shirt back on.

Twenty years later I still hold it against him.

]]> Comment on Malema verdict might not be something to celebrate by Gwebecimele http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/malema-verdict-might-not-be-something-to-celebrate/#comment-61351 Gwebecimele Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:22:29 +0000 http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/?p=5423#comment-61351 @ Maggs May be Manuel is yet to inform Manatashe that the decision has been taken or some options have been eliminated. Listening to Godongwana this morning, it was clear that no decision (WHAT TO ADOPT OR REJECT) has been taken on the report by the NEC. It is suprising then to hear others now making a these kinds of announcements, unless they serve on other structures. @ Maggs

May be Manuel is yet to inform Manatashe that the decision has been taken or some options have been eliminated. Listening to Godongwana this morning, it was clear that no decision (WHAT TO ADOPT OR REJECT) has been taken on the report by the NEC. It is suprising then to hear others now making a these kinds of announcements, unless they serve on other structures.

]]> Comment on Silence = Death by Gwebecimele http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/silence-death/#comment-61350 Gwebecimele Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:13:53 +0000 http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/?p=5409#comment-61350 Apparently this white man is a lawyer. http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/gym-member-tells-of-racist-insults-1.1227985 Apparently this white man is a lawyer.

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/gym-member-tells-of-racist-insults-1.1227985

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