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Analysis: proliferation of medical negligence cases – Are lawyers to blame?

Image credit: Wikimedia Commons Recent comments by the Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi exclaiming concern at the spurt in growth of numbers of medical malpractice lawsuits against practitioners and the state require closer examination. The...

March 20, 2015  By Lucky Mkhize   Posted In  Analysis  Featured 

Mergers and acquisitions in East Africa: is COMESA opening doors for mega deals?

Image credit: Wikimedia Commons The East Africa region has some of the fastest growing economies on the African continent. The M&A market has the potential to drive economic growth. Although the M&A market is currently dominated by Kenya and Tanzania,...

January 28, 2015  By Brad Cibane   Posted In  Africa  Analysis  Op-Ed 

South Africa: Call for Applications – Constitutional Court Law Clerks

Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Sometime in 2011, I took a leap of faith and sent in an application to become a clerk of the Constitutional Court. I can honestly tell you that even today, as a student at Harvard Law School, that clerkship is the best...

January 28, 2015  By Brad Cibane   Posted In  Analysis  Opportunities 

“Whatever you do, do not offend the Muslims” – and similar racist hogwash!

Image: Ben Ledbetter/Flickr On Wednesday, 7 January 2015, gunmen equipped with automatic rifles stormed the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical weekly, and killed 10 journalists and two police officers. Charlie Hebdo has, on occasion, published...

January 12, 2015  By Brad Cibane   Posted In  Analysis  Featured 

Uganda: New Unnatural Sexual Practices Bill – the Anti-Homosexuality Act reincarnated?

"Ugandan Members of Parliament have recently revived efforts to pass a new ‘anti-homosexuality law’ as a “Christmas present to Ugandans”; this comes a few months after the Constitutional Court of Uganda struck down the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2014...

December 7, 2014  By Godiva Akullo   Posted In  Africa  Analysis  Gender Rights  Human Rights  Op-Ed 

READ: #Ferguson Darren Wilson and Dorian Johnson’s testimonies before the Grand Jury

Last night the St. Louis County prosecutor, Robert P. McCulloch, announced the grand jury's decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for killing Michael Brown Jr., and unarmed black teenager. The shooting occurred on August 9, 2014, in Ferguson,...

November 25, 2014  By Brad Cibane   Posted In  Analysis  Human Rights 

JUDGE MASIPA GOT IT RIGHT: Oscar Pistorius and the intention to kill

Cambridge, Massachusetts---Yesterday Judge Masipa, sitting at the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, handed down part of her much-anticipated judgment in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial. To much public dismay, she held that the State failed to prove...

September 12, 2014  By Brad Cibane   Posted In  Analysis  Criminal Law  Featured 

South Africa: The ANC’s ‘attacks’ on Public Protector may reinforce our young constitutional democracy

Many South Africans from all corners of the country have expressed an annoyance at the African National Congress' (ANC) apparent attack on the Public Protector, Ms Thuli Madonsela. The ANC is arguing that the Public Protector is not doing her work in compliance...

September 1, 2014  By Akhona Ntanjana   Posted In  Analysis  Constitutional Law  Featured  Governance  Op-Ed 

More of the same? A war against women in South Africa 20 years after democracy!

This year (2014) marks a milestone in South African history. It's been 20 years of constitutional democracy and we continue to live in relative peace. Also, Nelson Mandela passed and the 1994 peace accord still stands. Months have passed and South Africa...

August 18, 2014  By Brad Cibane   Posted In  Analysis  Gender Rights  Op-Ed 

South Africa: Turning the Marikana Commission into a political circus!

Around this time August 2012, South Africans were both appalled and in awe. Mineworkers at a Lonmin mine had mobilized a wildcat strike; they gathered on a koppie in the platinum belt, in Rustenberg, to demand a R12, 500 salary. They ditched the National...

August 14, 2014  By Brad Cibane   Posted In  Analysis 


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