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Liberal democracy

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

South Africa

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

By Richard Poplak

Meet the Highwaymen stealing your democracy

Politics

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

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

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