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Advocate Thuli Madonsela

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Protecting the dignity of politicians

William Saunderson-Meyer by William Saunderson-Meyer 30 September 201430 September 2014

One thinks of politicians as vain and thick-skinned. Arrogant and shameless. Duplicitous bullies. People to tolerate but rarely to love. Men and women with the backbones of amoebae but the survival instincts of cockroaches. It appears one is just so wrong, for it seems that they bleed emotionally like any of us. All the way […]

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Thuli and other 21st century ‘freedom fighters’ among Time 100

Bert Olivier by Bert Olivier 1 May 20142 May 2014

Although she occupies only a sliver of a column on p. 80 in the “leaders” section of Time magazine’s special edition on “The 100 Most Influential people” (May 5 2014), this should not mislead anyone as to the comparative importance of Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s inclusion in this annual pantheon of (itself) one of the […]

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