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Certain union leaders and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), a tripartite alliance partner, have attacked tenets of the National Development Plan (NDP), which was adopted by South...
The media has been abuzz with speculation that South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma is poised to make permanent appointments to the leadership of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the...
Following the acquittal of seven police officials accused of killing community activist Andries Tatane in April 2011, the South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has been on the...
Tensions in South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) continue to raise questions about whether the ruling party – populated by individuals with varying ideological inclinations,...
While President Jacob Zuma affirmed the right of the people of South Africa to ‘protest in a peaceful and orderly manner’ in his State of the Nation address, he also stated that he had issued...
South African opposition parties have been in a triumphant mood this week as they have claimed two ‘victories’ over the African National Congress (ANC). First the High Court judgement...
Over the past few months South Africa’s economy has taken several knocks as a result of wildcat and violent labour strikes, capital outflow and credit downgrades by the globally influential...
Following an eight-year legal battle, in April 2009 the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) announced that it was ‘neither possible nor desirable for the NPA to continue with the prosecution of...
Amid nationwide shock, South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) continued courting controversy with the ill-timed and ill-informed decision to charge 270 Lonmin mine workers with...
Could the situation at the Lonmin mine in the Marikana area of South Africa’s North West province have been handled differently to avoid the tragic loss of lives? From the conflicting accounts...
South Africa faces the pressing problems of unemployment, poverty, material inequality, failing education and health systems, and a sluggish economy. Consequently, there was some anticipation...
On Freedom Day, 27 April, it was announced that South African President Jacob Zuma had decided to exercise his mandate in terms of the Constitution to grant special remission of sentence to certain...