Governance

Wind the critically slurred legislative tape back to the first National Assembly of the Fourth Republic. It began sometime in 1999, you’d recall.

It is official—Africa now has the largest trading block just launched on 10 June 2015 in Egypt with the signing of the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA).

Some 3,500 people drowned at sea while trying to cross the Mediterranean in 2014, while 1,865 people have died so far in 2015.

In 2010, two girls from Nakuru, Kenya, were raped by their teacher on several occasions, both at his home and at school. At first, the girls were too scared to talk, but after some time, they found the confidence to tell their parents what had happened.

[NOTE: This is a letter from the UN Whistleblower Coalition to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, David Kaye, who will be presenting a report on protection of sources and whistleblowers to the UN General Assembly in October.]

I. PREAMBLE

[NOTE: This presentation was delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights (MCHR) which was held on Thursday June 18, 2015 at the Our Lady of Fatima Church located in Oak Park, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

Strange as it may seem, there are times when I sympathize with official America, like one feels sorry for a mother of serial killers. After all, they are criminals of the worst kind but still her children; and mothers’ love knows no bounds.

Among political scientists - and many of the South Africans who can speak - it is fashionable to label this country’s democracy a ‘party dominant system’.

“…It is time for you and me now to let the world know how peaceful we are, how well-meaning we are, how law-abiding we wish to be.