CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
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INVITATION: UNPACKING STATE CAPTURE: EXTENT AND IMPLICATIONS
THE CONSTITUTION AND GOOD PUBLIC LEADERSHIP: BREAKFAST DISCUSSION SERIES 2017
TOPIC: UNPACKING STATE CAPTURE: EXTENT AND IMPLICATIONS
SPEAKERS:
KARYN MAUGHAN, LEGAL JOURNALIST
PIETER-LOUIS MYBURGH, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST
ARTICLE: TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN – POVERTY AND CORRUPTION IN SOUTH AFRICA
There is considerable irony when the United Nations’ (UN) International Day for the Eradication of Poverty falls on the day that the President of the country plays fast and loose with the country’s people and resources, driven by unguarded self-interest and self-enrichment.
ARTICLE: ONE STEP FORWARD, TEN STEPS BACK FOR THE SABC
The President has finally appointed the permanent Board of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). Whilst the appointment is most welcome, it comes with some red flags raised regarding some appointees, as well as regarding the circumstances surrounding the timing of the appointment.
The appointment came the day after the Presidency missed a deadline to file opposing papers in a court application initiated by the Media Monitoring Project Benefit Trust, the SOS Support Public Broadcasting Coalition and the Freedom of Expression Institute. The application was triggered by the President’s delay in making the appointment, which left the SABC in a precarious position without a stable governance body.
CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
- Equality
- Non-racialism
- Gender Rights
- The Constitution
- The Rule of Law
- Multiparty Democracy
- Personal Rights
- Cultural, Religious and Language Rights
- Freedom of Expression and Political Rights
- Social and Economic Rights
- Property Rights
- Education
- Access To The Courts, Information And Fair Adminstration