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26 Jun 2011
 
 
ANC: Tribute by Trevor Manuel, African National Congress NEC member, to Kader Asmal (26/06/2011)
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In Professor Kader Asmal we celebrate the life of a comrade and friend whose adult life was marked by the pursuit of knowledge, in a commitment to lifelong learning, supported by evidence and...

 
 
20 Aug 2010
 
ANC: Statement by Pallo Jordan, African National Congress NEC member, on media freedom (20/08/2010)
Statements

Freedom of expression, of which is Media Freedom an important dimension, is one of the fundamental rights South Africans secured through the democratic political revolution of 1994. After more...

 
 
31 May 2010
 
DA: Statement by Dene Smuts, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of justice and constitutional development, on the 19th Constitution Amendment and Superior Courts Bills (31/05/2010)
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The most notable change proposed in the 19th Constitution Amendment Bill is the conversion of the Constitutional Court into the apex appellate court alongside the Supreme Court of Appeal, which...

 
 
29 Mar 2010
 
Benefits of democracy lost in the gap between constitution and complex reality
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
Along the mall in Washington DC stands the Korean war memorial. Alongside it, a marble wall with the powerful words, ‘Freedom is not free'.
 
 
11 Nov 2009
 
ACDP: statement by Cheryllyn Dudley, African Christian Democratic Party spokesperson, on Pius Langa (11/11/2009)
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"The ACDP shares the sentiments expressed by other speakers in paying tribute to former Chief Justice Pius Langa for his dedicated 15 years on the constitutional bench - and for his...

 
 
12 Oct 2009
 
 
 
Daily podcast - October 12, 2009
PODCAST
In today's podcast, Sandile Ngcobo and four other judges begin their term in the Concourt; the WTO and the ILO report that the world's poor see few benefits from trade; and Julius Malema says that...
 
 
New Concourt judges start Monday
JUDICIARY
Judge Sandile Ngcobo starts his first day as Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court on Monday, alongside four new judges appointed by President Jacob Zuma at the weekend.
 
 
10 Jun 2009
 
Constitutional Court Appointments Will Test Judicial Waters
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
When the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) meets later this year to consider who will replace four titans of the Constitutional Court when their terms expire this October, it will be one of the...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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