Daily Maverick (Johannesburg)

November 22

South Africa: No 17 - a Constitutional Amendment (Almost) Everyone Agrees On [analysis]

Parliament passed the 17th Constitutional Amendment on Tuesday by more than the required two-thirds majority. The new laws entrench the Constitutional Court as the highest in the... Read more »
South Africa: Marikana Commission - Better Videos of 16 August - but Still Not Much to See [analysis]

On Wednesday, the commission of inquiry into the events of the Marikana labour unrest saw more police footage of what happened on 16 August when the police shot 112 people. This... Read more »

South Africa: In Brief - Govt Condemns Israel-Palestine Conflict

A round-up of the day’s news from South Africa. Read more »
Africa: Hope for Aids-Free Generation Gains Pace - Report [analysis]

A report on HIV and AIDS released by the UN shows that an AIDS-free generation might just be possible. Unfortunately, though, there's some way to go yet – and battling... Read more »
South Africa: Lenasia - the Haunting Abandonment of Humanity [opinion]

The Gauteng government has, for inexplicable reasons, decided that residents who have already been defrauded should be punished further by losing homes that they purchased... Read more »
South Africa: Marikana Commission - What Happened Before 16 August? Lonmin and Police Videos Failed to Capture Crucial Evidence [analysis]

Like video evidence presented by members of the crime investigative unit, police videos shot before the 16 August massacre fail to capture the stages during which the escalating... Read more »
South Africa: SA's Impending Domino Collision - Judiciary, Parliament, Executive [analysis]

For the first time since the dawn of SA’s democracy, the judiciary has been asked to force Parliament to debate the future of the executive. None of the three branches of... Read more »

South Africa: No Confidence Vote - ANC Agrees to Put Zuma Presidency to the Test - One Day [analysis]

The ANC national executive committee has overruled the decision of its parliamentary caucus to block a motion of no confidence debate on President Jacob Zuma. The decision reveals... Read more »
South Africa: Cape Winelands - Whose Protests Are They Anyway? [analysis]

The DA says the ANC deliberately fomented dissatisfaction among farmworkers to destabilise the Western Cape. It also says the treatment of workers from Lesotho lies at the heart of... Read more »
South Africa: Marikana Commission - Did the Police Throw Away Their Own Rulebook? [analysis]

Lawyers acting for the deceased miners and their injured comrades at the Marikana Commission of Inquiry appear to be building a case to show that the police acted outside of their... Read more »
South Sudan: The Toughest Refugee Camp in the World [opinion]

Yida in South Sudan is considered by the United Nations to be the most challenging refugee camp in the world. Nothing could have prepared SIMON ALLISON for what he saw there. Read more »
South Africa: Lenasia's Demolition Men Return [analysis]

Another 35 houses were razed in Lenasia on Monday as the Gauteng Department of Local Government and Housing continued its action against properties built on land that was sold... Read more »

South Africa: Western Cape Protests - Bloody Hands in Private Security Firms? [analysis]

The weekend brought another fatality resulting from the Western Cape farm protests. Police have stated unequivocally that his death was not the result of their actions. Now there... Read more »
South Africa: Saving the Strawman - Jacob Zuma On the Skids [analysis]

As more ANC structures come out in support of President Jacob Zuma’s second term, his presidency is plunging into further crisis, forcing his loyalists to undertake extreme... Read more »
South Africa: Unregulated, and Taking Root - SA's Private Security Peril [analysis]

In terms of size, South Africa’s private security industry vastly overshadows the SAPS, and when it comes to brute force, these commercial defence units are just as deadly.... Read more »
South Africa: In Brief - No Bond on Zuma's Home - Report

A round-up of the weekend’s news from South Africa. Read more »
South Africa: Mazista - No Water, No Electricity, Scant Hope [analysis]

After almost 100 years of existence and 18 years into democracy, the North West town of Mazista still lacks the essential services of water and electricity. It’s blighted by... Read more »

South Africa: Guns for Zuma - Healthy Tensions or Gangster Tendencies? [opinion]

The Gauteng ANC has expressed concern at members who used guns to force an Ekurhuleni branch to vote for President Zuma, but also said it’s part of “healthy... Read more »
South Africa: The Day the President's Mask Slipped - Opposition Touches Zuma On His Compound [analysis]

It has always been a mystery what it would take to provoke a reaction from President Jacob Zuma. Crisis after crisis hit his administration and yet the president has remained... Read more »
South Africa: Western Cape Protests - Calmer Day, Thicker Plot [analysis]

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South Africa: Marikana Commission - Spotty Police Evidence Continues [analysis]

The pattern set by police witnesses at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry continued Thursday, as a warrant officer present at the scene shortly after the 16 August massacre claimed... Read more »
South Africa: Cape Winelands - Why the Farmworkers Defied Cosatu [opinion]

Driving through the Hex River Valley after Wednesday’s chaotic protests feels like entering a ghost town. Yet when one manages to find residents and speak to them, it becomes... Read more »

South Africa: Road to Mangaung - Who Will Muzzle the Guardians? [analysis]

As the battle of Mangaung intensifies, the ANC Veterans' League wants party leadership to rein in the mayhem. The league, often confused with the more radical military veterans, is... Read more »
South Africa: Marikana Commission - Bishop Seoka Blames Police, Unions and Lonmin [analysis]

Bishop Jo Seoka took a leading role in ending the Marikana strike, but he was also there on the day of the shootings. He testified to the Marikana Commission of Inquiry on... Read more »
South Africa: Fist of Fury - ANC Vows to Block the Zuma Motion of No Confidence [analysis]

The ANC caucus in parliament has promised to stop the proposed motion of confidence against President Jacob Zuma by blocking it from being tabled in the order paper of the National... Read more »

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