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Principal Justice Raymond Zondo will certainly obtain an honorary level of Doctor of Laws (LLD) (honoris causa) from

In less than a week more than 1,700 Rhodes University graduates will grace the stage for their graduation ceremonies and among those first in line is judge Raymond Mnyamezeli Zondo, who will be conferred as a Doctor of Laws (LLD) (honoris causa).

Chief justice Raymond Zondo will be conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree by Rhodes University next week.

The DA has slammed electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s claim that Eskom’s problems at Kusile power station have nothing to do with corruption.

Chief Justice Raymond Zondo will receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) from Rhodes University next week. 



Did the South African government fully absorb the lessons of the Zondo Commission? The example of the Media Diversity & Development Agency (MDDA) suggests a worrying answer.

‘Democracy means majority rules,’ according to Deputy President Paul Mashatile, replying to an opposition follow-up question that got up his nose during his Thursday maiden Q&A in the House. It was all about the presidential Phala Phala farm forex saga — again.

I refer to a recent article in the Sunday Independent: “Zondo exposed: What the Commission did not want SA to know”, wherein it is said that evidence that was submitted to the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture (‘the Zondo Commission’) “…never made it to the final report of the state capture commission of inquiry or was even considered by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.” This article contains serious allegations, you will agree.

Reflecting the MFRR’s core campaign areas, the online conference will host in-depth discussions on journalist safety, media capture, the rule of law, and SLAPPs. Hosted on Zoom for interactive participation, and simultaneously livestreamed on the MFRR YouTube channel, the summit will feature a range of panel discussions, live interviews, and keynote speeches with journalists, media freedom experts, policy-makers, and other stakeholders all working to defend press freedom in Europe

What is needed is for Iraqis and the friends of Iraq – including Western governments – to learn the lesson of the new regime change in Iraq.