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The Politics of Principle

Theunis Roux. 2013. The Politics of Principle. The First South African Constitutional Court, 1995 – 2005. Cambridge University Press, 433 + ...

Theunis Roux Theunis Roux

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“We Don’t Need Another Hero”

In a 2008, post-Polokwane missive to ANC president, Jacob Zuma, declaring his refusal to campaign for the African National Congress (ANC) in the upcoming 2009 general election, recently-deposed South African President Thabo Mbeki famously declared:… I find it strange in the extreme that today cadres of our movement attach the label of a cult of personality to me, and indeed publicly declare a determination to kill to defend your own cause, the personal interests of the personality, Jacob Zuma!

Lindiwe Mazibuko Lindiwe Mazibuko

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On Our Own

This is a writing project that would examine South African politics in exile and how that had an impact on the relationship of political parties inside the country.

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