Section 25 of the Constitution is not the problem when it comes to the question of land expropriation without compensation. A lack of political will is, according to advocate and author Tembeka Ngcukaitobi. Speaking at an event hosted by the Tshisimani centre for activist education on Tuesday evening in Mowbray,[…]
ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe says the Constitution must be amended to limit land ownership to 12 000 hectares per farm owner, and white farmers who own more than that should hand over the rest to the state without compensation. Mantashe was speaking to News24 in an exclusive interview on Tuesday[…]
When the clock struck midnight on Wednesday, Turkey’s state of emergency was officially over – and yet new legislation could see many of its controversial provisions remain for at least another three years. The draft law, which will be presented to the Turkish parliament on Thursday and is set to[…]
The Public Protector has found that a tweet about colonialism by Western Cape Premier Helen Zille is in violation of the Constitution. In a report released on Monday, Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said that Zille’s conduct was tantamount to improper conduct in terms of the Constitution, as well as violating[…]
President Jacob Zuma resigned as leader of South Africa on Wednesday evening during a televised address to the nation. “I resign as president of the republic with immediate effect,” he said, “even though I disagree with the decision of the leadership of my organisation … I have always been a[…]
The DA on Wednesday announced that it intends to table a motion to dissolve Parliament on Thursday. This will be a first for a democratic South Africa, and if it succeeds, it will necessitate an early national election. The process to dissolve the National Assembly is set out in section[…]
Several protests around the country are planned in connection with the motion of no confidence vote against President Jacob Zuma in Cape Town on Tuesday. Two competing groups of marchers will make their voices heard in the Cape Town city centre. The ANC in the Dullah Omar Region applied for[…]
The Supreme Court of the United States says it will allow a partial enforcement of President Donald Trump’s ban on travellers from six Muslim-majority countries and all refugees until it reviews it in October. The action on Monday was hailed as a win by the right-wing leader, who has insisted[…]
The Reserve Bank is set to challenge the public protector’s recommendation that its mandate be adjusted. The bank said in a statement on Tuesday that the ordered remedial action directing parliament to effect a constitutional amendment to the Reserve Bank’s powers had had an immediate and negative impact on the[…]
Critics say a bill currently before Pakistan’s Parliament to increase fines for eating and drinking in public during Ramadan, alongside jail terms of up to three months, is evidence of increasing intolerance in the country. With temperatures on the eve of Ramadan in much of Pakistan 40 degrees or above,[…]
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