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110908mg 11 09 08 8 Sep 2011 Mail & Guardian

Democracy - Closing down sale

The founding provisions of South Africa's 1996 Constitution set out the principles of democracy in South Africa. The present ANC government is ignoring all these principles. Examples are the case of selecting the new chief justice and the bulldozing of the proposed info bill.

DEMOCRACY

Closing down sale everything must go

Transparency

Judicial independence

Parliamentary accountability (hardly used)
Proscecutorial independence
Constitutionality
Clean governance
Freedom charter (antique)

 

JSC accountability
Separation of church and state
Public interest scrutinity

 

Principles of democracy Transparency Judicial independence< Parliamentary accountability Proscecutorial independence Constitutionality Clean governance Freedom charter JSC accountability Separation of church and state Public interest scrutinity Jacob Zuma Gwede Mantashe

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Choosing the Chief Justice
Rushing Info Bill is Worrying - Kasrils
The Consent of the Governed: Country Studies - South Africa