The monarch believes Swaziland belongs to him personally and all the country’s resources belong to him
democracy
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Democracy and open society in Zimbabwe 41 years after independence
A full 41 years after ‘freedom’, many Zimbabweans still strive for what they sought then – the enjoyment of their fundamental human rights and freedoms
Posted inEquality, News/Politics
Malawi elections are a lesson for the world
While outgoing US President Trump has repeated tantrums at the prospect of leaving the White House, a lesson in democracy from Malawi is worth paying closer attention to
Posted inEquality, General
The recklessness of relative truths
Democracy isn’t possible without some consensus on what constitutes valid knowledge
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At lockdown level one, Covid-19 has not been good for democracy
Fake news and disinformation abound and mistrust means people are starting to doubt the virus even exists. This is the perfect storm for those who benefit from chaos and corruption
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Julian Assange, defender of our freedoms, is facing colossal injustice
Should he be extradited to the United States by Britain and sentenced as expected, it will be a blow to all citizens in constitutional democracies
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The notorious, dissenting RBG
Ruth Bader Ginsburg understood the consequences of her death, and that the cold political calculus of replacing her on the US Supreme Court would take centre stage. Her supporters should take heart from her persistence
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Censorship is on the horizon if we don’t object
The increasingly undemocratic actions of the ANC must be exposed before we become a totalitarian state.
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South Africa has never had a good government
The only time change has taken place, it is in response to global events such as World War II. This government faces the changes that the Covid-19 pandemic will bring
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South Africans should stop thinking in terms of race
It was with a heavy heart that I read the news, first, of Herman Mashaba’s resignation from the position of mayor of Johannesburg and from the Democratic Alliance (DA), and soon afterwards of that of both Mmusi Maimane (leader) and Athol Trollip (chairman) from their respective leadership positions in the DA, and from the party […]
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‘Disgusting, fascist, racist Donald Trump’
The events of the last week in what is supposed to be the ‘greatest democracy’ on the planet have been very disturbing, to say the least – perhaps not for most people, who may not really care about the United States of America, but for me, who spent at least 6 years of my life […]
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People are not as free as they think they are
Some (older) people may recall the 1983 Warner Brothers mockumentary, Zelig, written by, and starring Woody Allen, together with Mia Farrow as the psychiatrist who treats him for his strange disorder. Lately I have been thinking a lot about this classic portrayal of conformism on the part of a man who manifested his adaptation to […]