In order to understand why human rights and constitutional lawyers have joined the masses to oppose the Ministry of Lands proposal to amendment of Article 26 of the Constitution, one ought to go back to the foundation of constitutional law and statutory legislations.
Democracy & Governance
One of the reasons a national budget speech is such an important occasion is that it reflects the goals and priorities of the government of the day. A budget speech transforms political rhetoric and campaign promises into concrete policies that address practical problems.
NOTE: This Strini Moodley Memorial Lecture was delivered on 19 July 2017 at Howard College Theatre, Howard Campus, Mazisi Kunene Avenue, University Of Kwazulu-Natal (UKZN).
There are reasons to celebrate the “July 22 Revolution” and remember President Yahya Jammeh in a simple way. This may be with national prayers in churches and mosques to heal and reconcile a divided and polarized nation, to move on with nation building.
Tagged under Democracy & Governance Yahya Jammeh, The Gambia, Adama Barrow, Corrution in Africa, Dictatorship
Many people are rightly aggrieved in Nigeria. Not just Igbos. In fact most Igbos who have been able to overcome the tragedy of and fallout from the Nigerian Civil War do not agitate for a separatist state.
In reviewing the farcical coup—orchestrated by the President of the Nigerian senate, Bukola Saraki—that took place on Tuesday, 4 July 2017, we were reminded of the French coup of 1851 by Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte and the analysis by Karl Marx.
Tagged under Democracy & Governance Bukola Saraki, Nigerian politics
Six years ago, South Sudan gained independence in a joyous occasion that marked a dramatic end to the inter-generation struggle of its people.
12 July 2017
Dr Blade Nzimande
General Secretary
South African Communist PartyBraamfontein
Dear Comrade General Secretary,
Thank you for the invitation to your elective 14th National Congress, which we have carefully considered.
The Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU), a continental membership forum for African lawyers and lawyers’ associations, held its eighth annual conference and fifth general assembly from 4 to 8 July 2017 in Durban, South Africa, under the theme “The Legal Profession: Re-capturing its Place in Society”
It was Benjamin Disraeli who said: "The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example”. Fidel Castro’s legacy to the world mirrors this quotation accurately.