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ARTICLE: PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA’S COMMISSIONS STRATEGY

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It’s not unusual to hear people say “Cyril is not moving fast enough to fight and end State capture and corruption”. He should have sent so and so “to jail long ago…”

But is it that simple? And what is really happening?

One can accept President Ramaphosa’s bona fides that corruption and State capture must be stopped. He was and is on record that he is serious about it. His own actions and those of his close allies (such as Pravin Gordhan with the lifestyle audits for SOEs), testify to this.

A senior business leader recently shared with me while we were on a plane that the President estimates that there are 700 key posts in the public service occupied by Zuma confidants. So far this year, 150 better people have already been appointed, but the number that remain is still massive.

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ARTICLE:16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM – #HEARMETOO

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It is that time of the year again, where a spotlight is shone on the grave epidemic that is gender-based violence and its primary targets, women and girls. The 16 Days of Activism campaign is strategically positioned to begin on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and end on 10 December – International Human Rights Day. This year’s theme is #HearMeToo and finds its roots in the many movements that have been birthed in recent years in response to sexual harassment. Women began speaking up about their experiences and gave other women who like them, had been victims, the courage to speak out. The numbers may have shocked some, but in reality, they are a true reflection of the society in which we live. According to the United Nations, one in three women worldwide experience gender-based violence. 

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CONCISE SUBMISSION ON THE EMPLOYMENT EQUITY AMENDMENT BILL, 2018 AND THE DRAFT EMPLOYMENT EQUITY REGULATIONS, 2018

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  1. The Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFCR) is a unit of the FW de Klerk Foundation – a non-profit organisation dedicated to upholding the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (the Constitution). To this end, the CFCR seeks to promote the Constitution and the values, rights and principles enshrined in the Constitution; to monitor developments including legislation and policy that may affect the Constitution or those values, rights and principles; to inform people and organisations of their constitutional rights and to assist them in claiming their rights. The CFCR does so in the interest of everyone in South Africa.
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