Pierre de Vos ⚖️
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Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance at UCT and author of the Blog, Constitutionally Speaking. I am not a journalist. You need to read.
Cape Town
Joined May 2009
RT @MosabAbuToha: Wow wow wow. so it was not a mistake. It was not a “tragic mishap.”.It was a coordinated crime.
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Even less believable than Jacob Zuma demanding his day in court.
Prime Minister’s Office Statement:. Israel deeply regrets the tragic mishap that occurred today at the Nasser Hospital in Gaza. Israel values the work of journalists, medical staff, and all civilians. The military authorities are conducting a thorough investigation. Our war is.
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RT @Noahpinion: It's important to remember that America's current pivot towards authoritarian state-capitalism is being spearheaded by an e….
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RT @owenjonesjourno: A live streamed genocide. The Israeli military know exactly who their targets are when they fire missiles from drones….
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Naoise Dolan: In Belfast - "It is a mystery how anyone can call it a ‘humanitarian disaster’ rather than a genocide. When cowards insist on obfuscating still, the Irish hear the parallels.".
lrb.co.uk
Since Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK government last month, more than seven...
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RT @AdHaque110: Those who cover up famine in Gaza use a familiar playbook.Alex de Waal.
observer.co.uk
The Israeli government is using the same method as many architects of calamity from the past 100 years
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RT @AdHaque110: Alex de Waal: "Gaza’s famine is man-made. And those who are making it happen are doing their best to conceal their crime. T….
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RT @Hind_Gaza: An Israeli suicide drone targeted the “Al-Yassin” building inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, killing journal….
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RT @Mondoweiss: The United Methodist Church (UMC) will divest from Israel bonds and from other governments maintaining illegal military occ….
mondoweiss.net
The United Methodist Church (UMC) will divest from Israel bonds and from other governments maintaining illegal military occupations, making it the first church in the world to make such a pledge.
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RT @AssalRad: One million Palestinians have been given the option to leave (with nowhere to go), starve or die. This is what Western media….
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Declaration of famine in Gaza by the IPC -long criticised by humanitarians in other emergencies for its overabundance of caution - lays bare Israel’s disregard for humanitarian duty.
theguardian.com
The IPC’s findings that a quarter of Palestinians in Gaza are starving should mark an urgent turning point in this war
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🔒Jonny Steinberg: SA is feeling battered and small and terribly weak."There is something horribly self-parodic about what is happening. An insecure, intellectually barren, intimidated elite puffs itself up with empty bravado, unable to think on its feet."
news24.com
After decades of American hegemony, when the US flexes its muscles, everyone at the tip of Africa loses their heads, writes Jonny Steinberg.
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🔒Phone records reveal that Bheki Cele - who previously insisted that he and Matlala were neither friends nor business partners - tried to call the tender tycoon 10 times in a single day. More than 100 calls and text messages were exchanged. via @news24.
news24.com
Tender don Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala built a life of wealth from state tenders, both at Tembisa Hospital and the SAPS, and has been accused of capturing politicians. Bheki Cele denies the pair are...
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People regard ANC ‘with horror and shame’, says Naledi Pandor in tribute to Gertrude Shope. Pandor said Shope would have been deeply upset by the widespread corruption and the loss of important values by ANC leaders.
dailymaverick.co.za
In a poignant tribute to the late former ANC Women’s League president Gertrude Shope, ANC veteran Dr Naledi Pandor reflected on the state of the party, which has, over the years, recorded a steady...
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How the liar Malusi Gigaba has been able to reinvent himself. "He symbolises the complete failure of our criminal justice system, the ANC and President Cyril Ramaphosa."
dailymaverick.co.za
The net result of all of this is that someone like Gigaba can now believe that he has a realistic prospect of going back into national government in some capacity.
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🔒Parliament denounces the unlawful plan of the vigilante group Operation Dudula’s to disrupt schools via @BusinessLiveSA.
businesslive.co.za
Vigilante interference in admissions would threaten integrity of education system, chairs warn
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🔒Zuma to face off with Ramaphosa in high court presidential powers battle. Zuma wants Senzo Mchunu’s leave and the appointment of Firoz Cachalia as acting minister set aside. via @BusinessLiveSA.
businesslive.co.za
Jacob Zuma wants Senzo Mchunu’s leave and the appointment of Firoz Cachalia as acting minister set aside
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🔒The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) has launched a fresh legal bid to overturn the NHI Act, asking the Con Court to declare the legislation unlawful and invalid on the grounds that parliament failed to conduct a proper public consultation process.
businesslive.co.za
MPs failed in their duty to ensure meaningful public participation, Board of Healthcare Funders tells top court
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RT @haaretzcom: Italian filmmakers ask Venice Film Festival to clearly condemn "ongoing genocide in Gaza"
haaretz.com
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Masked Israeli extremist pogromists, armed with clubs, emerged in the dead of night, setting cars on fire by igniting their engines. Soldiers who arrived an hour later fired tear gas at the residents who were still putting out the flames.
haaretz.com
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