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South Africa: Why Both Trump and Zuma Should be Held to Account
The Conversation Africa, 2 February 2021
It can be tough when you are a former president in a democracy you have attempted to subvert, especially when that democracy comes back to bite you. Former South African president… Read more »
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South Africa: Keeping the Faith With Constitutional Democracy - It's Not Too Late to Save South Africa
Daily Maverick, 2 February 2021
If we want to continue to live in a constitutional democracy under the rule of law we ought not to relax our vigilance. The Zuma-era agents are lurking everywhere, only the Guptas… Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa Needs to Move Beyond Party Tropes to Hold Those Who Govern to Account
Daily Maverick, 2 February 2021
The state of our democracy has been partly shaped by the failures of the governing party, by populist personalities and the inability of our social compact to comprehensively… Read more »
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South Africa: Dealing With Zuma - It's a Choice Between a Political and Constitutional Crisis
Daily Maverick, 2 February 2021
There are now two possible scenarios: Zuma is arrested and charged for his failure to honour the Constitutional Court ruling, or he is allowed to defy the courts. Read more »
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South Africa: Mission Unaccomplished - Dissolve the State Security Agency and Create a New, Accountable, Expert Organisation
Daily Maverick, 2 February 2021
Evidence about the State Security Agency being heard at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture has revealed that a widespread network of traditional and off-the-books agents… Read more »