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An abdication of decency and justice: Barend van Niekerk, Kader Hassim, the apartheid judiciary and free speech

A tribute to the late Professor Barend van Niekerk “The Terrorism Act, as I have said, is a negation of what any true lawyer would ever call justice. And yet our lawyers, the guardians of our nation’s legal heritage, have done so very little to mitigate its crudities. “Cannot our Judiciary even go further and

 
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Two Communists and the struggle for a Free Press in the Union of South Africa

The Story of Edward Roux, Umsebenzi editor and founder of the Young Communist League and the Invisible Josiah Ngedlane Edward Roux known as “Eddie Roux” was the editor of Umsbenzi,the newspaper of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). He was born to, what could be considered, liberal parents, his father, an Afrikaner, was converted to Marxist socialism in 1910

 
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“So why should we be lead by you?”: Julius Malema, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and the crisis of moral leadership

Published on May 7, 2012 in Uncategorized

By Gregory Solik The struggle against apartheid produced a long tradition of exemplary leaders. This tradition continued through the negotiations post 1994 during the years of transition. Yet despite this strong tradition, we currently talk very often about the “crisis in leadership”. Julius Malema’s recent expulsion from the ANC has been upheld and this marks the formal end

 
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Doron Isaacs: Equal Education in South Africa

Published on May 4, 2012 in Recommendations

The Patterns We met up with Doron Issacs who heads up Equal Education, an organization, as its name represents, which is focused on the idea of creating a social movement around the right to equal education. The discussion covered a number of issues, namely:   The concepting of the organization-, which came out of the

 
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NU Fellowship Programme: New Call for Applications

Published on April 24, 2012 in Announcements

Ndifuna Ukwazi would like to announce a new round of applications for the 2012 NU Fellowship Programme. Applications open today (24 April) for the term starting 9 July 2012. Fellows will receive R 5 000.00 per month as a stipend, a work space, and computer access at the Ndifuna Ukwazi offices in Cape Town. The

 
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