JOHANNESBURG – The Thuli Madonsela Foundation is holding a Women’s Day dialogue at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg on Wednesday as part of its ongoing so-called demalogues to interrogate the country’s democracy. The talk is being chaired by the former public protector. One of the challenges highlighted by struggl...
Continuee ReadingJOHANNESBURG – Former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela says the moral outrage being felt by the country over the assault case involving Deputy Higher Education Minister Mduduzi Manana has been heightened because it’s Women’s Month. She says while the situation is sad, it’s also a wakeup call that better interventions...
Continuee ReadingMy time in the office of the public protector afforded me the opportunity to interact with young people and I got to learn that the youth does not want democracy, they want freedom. Democracy has been around for centuries; however, it is rigid and it needs to be implemented in a way which it ensures that it works for all. Social...
Continuee ReadingStats SA recently announced that poverty is increasing in the country, and said that the number of people living in extreme poverty – those who earn less than R441 a month – rose from 11 million in 2011 to 13.8 million in 2015. This is said to take South Africa back to the level of extreme poverty that was experienced in 200...
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