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Liberal democracy

Lifelong victim with murderous instinct — Jacob Zuma is an unkillable zombie stalking South Africa

South Africa, World, Maverick News

Lifelong victim with murderous instinct — Jacob Zuma is an unkillable zombie stalking South Africa

by: Richard Poplak

Meet the Highwaymen stealing your democracy

Politics, South Africa, World, Maverick News

Meet the Highwaymen stealing your democracy

by: Richard Poplak

How do we understand democracy and human freedom?

South Africa

How do we understand democracy and human freedom?

by: Raymond Suttner

The place of the popular and the populist

South Africa

The place of the popular and the populist

by: Raymond Suttner

Does Freedom Still Ring? A conversation with Freedom House CEO Mike Abramowitz

World

Does Freedom Still Ring? A conversation with Freedom House CEO Mike Abramowitz

by: J Brooks Spector

Why the very DNA of most modern democracies is authoritarian in nature

South Africa

Why the very DNA of most modern democracies is authoritarian in nature

by: Richard Poplak

Op-Ed: Zuma’s tenure has created an opportunity for people to re-imagine the South Africa they want

South Africa

Op-Ed: Zuma’s tenure has created an opportunity for people to re-imagine the South Africa they want

by: Mthandazo Ndlovu

Op-Ed: With global democracy in retreat, what are the implications for Africa?

Africa, World

Op-Ed: With global democracy in retreat, what are the implications for Africa?

by: John Filitz

Op-Ed: Coming to terms with the past – lessons from Germany

South Africa, World

Op-Ed: Coming to terms with the past – lessons from Germany

by: Phephelaphi Dube

Op-Ed: Deepening and broadening our democracy

South Africa

Op-Ed: Deepening and broadening our democracy

by: Raymond Suttner

Op-Ed: Parliamentary paralysis - worse is not better

South Africa

Op-Ed: Parliamentary paralysis - worse is not better

by: Raymond Suttner

The SA highway to democracy: Potholes and bumps, but still there

South Africa

The SA highway to democracy: Potholes and bumps, but still there

by: Stephen Grootes