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Is SA a free and open democracy for those excluded from Constitutional protection?
South Africa is a democracy. It has the best Constitution; an example for other countries around the world, including in the Western world. This Constitution guarantees all possible freedoms to individuals. A true open society has been established, one that guarantee freedom and equality. That is the narrative; the unquestionable “reality” since 1994.
Except that, in reality, the South African constitution is rather complex in its allowances for, and guarantees of freedoms a

Frans Minnaar
May 168 min read


The Trias Politica and the Phala-Phala Judgement
The Phala Phala judgment is, at most, a technical interpretation of the prescriptions of the Constitution, read in conjunction with that of Parliament’s rules. It is not substitutive, or then, it is not a judgment where judges had to make ideological choices that will shape the nature of South African society. Furthermore, it must be read within the context of Ramaphosa’s diminishing influence in the midst of, for the lack of a better word, the “progressive forces” on the lef

Frans Minnaar
May 611 min read


Grondwetlike Beskerming? Dit hang af van jou ras en kultuur
Die kern van ʼn Grondwetlike demokrasie is die beginsel dat ʼn (meestal geskrewe) Grondwet die mag van die staat beperk, en die regte van groepe, maar veral individue, teen magsmisbruik deur die staat beskerm. Die vraag wat in hierdie artikel gevra word, is of hierdie meganisme werklik die veiligheidsnet aan alle Suid-Afrikaners, op gelyke basis, bied wat gedurende die 1990-1994 oorgangsproses voorsien was?

Frans Minnaar
May 121 min read


"The Firm": South Africa's Governing Oligarchy
The South African regime is nothing else than a criminals "firm". Everything is "top secrets". The small group that takes the decisions are experienced looters, monopolizing the benefits of their "revolution." It will be grave mistake to think that “The Firm” in South Africa is the ANC; it is not. Despite bitter personal infighting, there are beneficiation of collaborators in the criminal regime across political parties.

Frans Minnaar
Mar 1114 min read
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