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  • An Alternative Grammar of Constitutional Democracy

    Sindiso Mnisi Weeks reflects on legal pluralism, customary governance, and how constitutionalism can be reimagined from South Africa’s lived realities.

  • The Constitutional Promise Betrayed

    Dee Smythe, Michelle Le Roux, and Dennis Davis reflect on state capture, Jacob Zuma, and how corruption betrayed South Africa’s constitutional project.

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