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Corruption
Where I Stand 09/09/2016
One of the defining features of a modern legal system is that the authorities have an official and private self. This was not … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 09/09/2016
Where I Stand 03/06/2016
I have, over the last few weeks, been reading about violence in general and revolutionary violence in particular. This … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 03/06/2016
Where I Stand 23/05/2016
I remember the violence of the 1990s. One can hardly forget it – it is still with us today. What is more I could very well have … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 23/05/2016
Are South Africans Free? – A Review
Are South Africans Free? by Lawrence Hamilton Nelson Mandela, in his Long Walk To Freedom, wrote that South Africans have ‘merely … [Read more...] about Are South Africans Free? – A Review
Where I Stand 16/04/2016
I have, largely because I have other work to do, been listening to Julius Malema on youtube. The experience has been, I think, in … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 16/04/2016
Where I Stand 15/04/16
The DA plan to march against Zuma today in Joburg. From what I can gage it doesn’t look like many people will be demonstrating. … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 15/04/16
Where I Stand 13/04/16
Why would people want to keep the Cecil John Rhodes statue at UCT? That was a question I took to contemplating while showering in … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 13/04/16
Where I Stand 12/04/16
I think the observations made by several commentators concerning Zuma and the Constitutional Court’s finding are right. In … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 12/04/16
Where I Stand 05/04/2016
I have not written anything in a while mainly because of Easter but partly because I am not really sure what can be written. The … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 05/04/2016
