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Long before I was detained, I knew there was a code of conduct for freedom fighters in detention, in court and as sentenced prisoners. One does not beg for mercy. One does not give away one’s comrades. And if one is forced under extreme duress to say certain things, one tries to limit the damag...
As indicated in the first part of this series, the content of the notions revolutionary consciousness and activity are not static (https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-24-the-meaning-of-revolutionary-or-emancipatory-consciousness-and-action-before-and-after-1990-94/). Their meanings may change over time. To have a revolutionary or emancipatory consciousness and what constitute revolutionary or emancipatory activity do not mean the same thing, as conditions that prevail in South Africa (or anywhere else) change. This ought to be obvious, but much discourse is ahistorical and intended...
Carl Niehaus says he will appeal his expulsion from the ANC.
Solitary confinement is still happening in South Africa - sometimes for protracted periods. Edwin Cameron writes why this should trigger disquiet and debate.
Is solitary confinement imposed in South Africa? The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS), the prisons oversight body I head, has found so – sometimes for protracted periods.