Any invalidation further down the line of Prof Azhar Cachalia’s appointment as acting police minister would also render his decisions invalid. Things could get messy. (more…)
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26 February 2025
Budget postponement brings into sharp focus SA’s new coalition reality
The postponement of the Budget was, on balance, a positive sign. It suggests a moderate degree of pragmatism among the […]
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12 February 2025
On the alarmist, misleading, and anti-constitutional claims made by critics of the Expropriation Act
It should be possible for citizens with radically different political views to have constructive discussions about the merits of the […]
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21 January 2025
Why (almost) everything I learnt on social media about the Buffelsfontein tragedy turned out to be wrong
The SAPS’ operation Vala Umgodi which led to more than a 100 miners starving to death in shaft 10 and […]
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Were I to wish for anything I would not wish for wealth and power, but for the passion of the possible, that eye which everywhere, ever young, ever burning, sees possibility. Pleasure disappoints, not possibility.