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With the ANC at a low ebb, a fractured, directionless DA under him looks incapable of exploiting this opportunity

DA accuses correctional services of giving Zuma ‘special treatment’ to attend brother’s funeral 23 July 2021 - 10:58 Image: Sandile Ndlovu On Thursday‚ Zuma attended the funeral of his younger brother‚ Michael‚ in Nkandla after he was granted compassionate leave. Michael died on July 11 after a long illness‚ a few days after Zuma started serving his 15-month prison sentence at the Estcourt Correctional Centre. The department said Zuma qualified for compassionate l...

South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday 23 July 2021 In the latest news in South Africa on Friday 23 July 2021, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. SA experiences the coldest day of the year. Keep up to date with the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa on Friday 23 July 2021. If the past week has left you cold, you’re not the only one. Millions of South Africans across the country have felt the biting chill of winter making its presence felt, from Gauteng al...

The Bill of Rights requires humane conditions of detention – including "adequate medical treatment". Government is obliged to secure these entitlements, writes former Constitutional Court judge Edwin Cameron.

Edwin Cameron is the Inspecting Judge of Correctional Services and a member of the GroundUp board. At last — at long, long last — Covid-19 vaccinations are happening. The pharmacist who gave me the flu jab described her joy and relief at being vaccinated. Every vaccinated healthcare worker not only gets personal protection against Covid — but protects patients from infection by them. In the coming months, this beneficent circle of protection will spread. But as we yearn for quicker roll-o...

The week in civil society: Dissecting election dynamics and acknowledging women’s Covid burden © Copyright (c) Daily Maverick , All Rights Reserved Around the world, women are at the forefront of effective Covid-19 responses yet remain barred from the highest levels of decision making around the pandemic, according to a recent policy brief by United Nations Women. The centrality of their work, as well as the disproportionate burdens they carry, are the focus of International Women’s Day o...

This week, civil society acknowledges the contribution of women to the response to Covid-19, and the unjust burden they bear. South Africa’s upcoming local and general elections are in the spotlight, as well as Chile’s looming constitutional reform.

State capture commission chair, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. (Sharon Seretlo, Gallo Images) Parliaments committees have gone far in doing oversight work, chair of chairs Cedric Frolick told the Zondo Commission. Zondo said earlier on Friday, "it is as if there is no oversight in Parliament". Frolick said the budget for committee work was very constrained. Parliaments committees have "gone very far" in doing their oversight work, given the limited resources at their di...

63 days ago JOHANNESBURG - Democratic Alliance Member of Parliament (MP) and member of the portfolio committee on justice and correctional service James Selfe appears before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on Friday, 5 February 2021. The former chairperson of the portfolio committee of correctional services Vincent Smith is also expected to testify on Friday. Other witnesses that may appear at Friday’s proceedings include the National Assembly’s chairperson of committe...

Friday 5 February 2021 - 5:00pm The Zondo Commission will continue to hear Parliamentary Oversight related evidence from Member of Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, James Selfe. Editors note: The Livestream has ended. You may watch the recording above. JOHANNESBURG - The state capture inquiry will continue to hear Parliamentary Oversight related evidence. On Friday, Member of Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, James S...