Social Justice

Why an amnesty for grand corruption in South Africa is a bad idea

South Africa’s former Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, provoked a political storm recently when she suggested that public servants implicated in grand corruption should be given the chance to apply for amnesty. Many South Africans, we...

Richard Calland·over 3 years ago

Whistleblowers are key to fighting corruption in South Africa. It shouldn’t be at their peril

Numerous corruption scandals have been reported in South Africa in recent times. The extent of corruption in the country has been laid bare at the judicial commission probing allegations of state capture over the past three years. Corrup...

Monray Marsellus Botha ·over 2 years ago

Grants and family support programmes can change lives. A South African case study

Every day there is disheartening negative news about the plight of children around the world. Stories about child labour, violence against children and the ongoing struggles of millions to access good education are everywhere. But,...

Leila Patel ·over 3 years ago

How values, interests and power must shape South Africa’s foreign policy

The COVID-19 crisis is one of many indicators that we live in dangerous and uncertain times. Others include the international community’s struggle to respond to technological and climate change, demographic shifts, growing poverty and in...

Danny Bradlow ·over 3 years ago

Unrest is being used to subvert South Africa’s democracy: giving in is not an option

The mayhem of the last few days is a reminder of the danger that South Africa continues to live with, as well as an indication of the disfigurement of its law enforcement institutions. The danger stems from the deferral of a “better ...

Mcebisi Ndletyana·almost 3 years ago

South Africa is due to get a new chief justice: what it takes to do the job well.

South Africa’s Constitutional Court has been a beacon of light during a decade-long period of political uncertainty and turmoil. Most recently, the highest court in the land handed down an eloquent, as well as ground-breaking, judgme...

Richard Calland ·over 2 years ago

How It Could Be Done – Thoughts On Social and Economic Transformation

As our intention is to transform the economy and society, we need more discussion on how such transformation is to be done

Dr Kenneth Creamer·almost 2 years ago

It took 16 years but South Africa has impeached a senior judge – who is John Hlophe and what went wrong?

Former Western Cape judge president John Mandlakayise Hlophe has become one of the first two members of South Africa’s judiciary to be impeached since the country became a constitutional democracy in 1994.

Narnina Bohler-Muller, Human Sciences Research Council ·about 2 months ago