Hawks, Scorpions and Spooks

Apr 12, 11 Hawks, Scorpions and Spooks

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What do the former Directorate of Special Operations (‘the Scorpions’) and the National Intelligence Agency (‘NIA’) have in common? This sounds like the precursor to a witty one-liner, but the answer is actually far from amusing: both appear to have been infiltrated by different factions of the pre-Polokwane ANC. Certain ANC...

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Toyi-Toying on your ballot

Mar 09, 11 Toyi-Toying on your ballot

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“Courts deal with bad law; voters must deal with bad politics” (Justice Skweyiya at para 308 of Merafong Demarcation Forum v President of the Republic of South Africa 2008 (5) SA 171) There is a spectre that is sweeping through regimes that do not deliver – the spectre of being chucked out by protestors fed up with...

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