Contents

EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL
By Martin Nicol

 

UDF UNITED, APARTEID DIVIDED

NO SHORTCUTS, NO SUBTITLES, NO SUBSTITUTES
Reflections on the UDF after 40 years
By Allan Aubrey Boesak

THE UDF AT 40:
A commemoration with lessons and portents
By Bruce Kadalie

UNIONS AND THE UDF
A look back at the lessons of the 1980s
By Devan Pillay

 

DEFENDING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY

WHERE TO FOR PARLIAMENT?
One year after Zondo ‘very little has happened’
By Moira Levy

WHILE TOOLS FOR OVERSIGHT ARE IMPORTANT,
ultimately, political will to fully use such tools is paramount …

PARLIAMENT’S IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

INSIGHTS ON THE COMMITTEE SYSTEM
An extract from the PMG Report

#UNITEBEHIND WON’T GIVE UP
Ethics Committee failed to bring MPs to book

 

SEEKING EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION

LAND RESTITUTION IN SOUTH AFRICA:
Is there another way to achieve land justice?
By Ben Cousins

 

NEWS FROM THE CONTINENT 

DATELINE AFRICA
No end in sight for Sudan’s civil war

 

THE RIGHT TO STRIKE 

NEHAWU HEALTHCARE STRIKE
By Kudzai Mpofu and Simbarashe Tavuyanago

 

CLIMATE AND REPRESSION 

“ENEMIES OF THE STATE”:
Uganda targets climate activists in quiet crackdown
By John Okot

 

BOOK REVIEW 

LETTERS TO MY MOTHER.
The Making of a Troublemaker
Review by Debby Bonnin