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John Clarke is a writer, justice, peace and equality monitor and social worker supporting whistleblowers and others suffering from failures within the justice system. He was one of the six defendants in the Mineral Sands and Others versus Redell and Others matter, which recognised Slapp suits as an abuse of legal process
Prasa’s ‘lawfare’ raises troubling questions about whether South Africa’s legal system is protecting those who expose corruption
Allegations of unlawful killings have never been tested in court — only procedural arguments have. If South Africa wants truth rather than narrative, the Cato Manor saga must be…
The lives of people who try to stop or expose corruption are in danger, as evidenced by the assassination of corruption investigators Cloete Murray and his son Thomas
A Malawian accountant has paid a heavy price for blowing the whistle on corrupt oil deals and trade-based money laundering in South Sudan
Now that he has withdrawn from the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, will the promise of justice for the Meyiwa family be kept?
The former national director of public prosecutions was a ‘witness bearer’ and a casualty of the ominous trend in the ANC’s increasing cultural aversion to truth
The events last Thursday suggest top management of the police service will stop at nothing to smother Dan Teffo.
With a recent study by the Human Sciences Research Council having found that public confidence in the South African Police Services (SAPS) is at an all-time low of 27%, the…
Those brave people who speak truth to power elevate the Constitution to more than just a text.
We live in the Earth, not on the Earth, but continuing with an extractive mindset will be the end of us all
Tutu’s influence on South Africa has been immense, offering hope for a brighter future while never shirking the responsibility of doing what is needed to achieve it
Whistleblower Thabiso Zulu can’t explain his situation to his son, but continues to expose wrongdoing and show solidarity with others
The president himself should halt the national malady of covering up corruption, whose origins can be traced to a key moment for the ANC in 1996
E-tolling was supposed to be the definitive incarnation of the user pay principle. Yet, now Sanral faces masses of users who won’t pay, on principle.
Two front page stories in two different papers, in two days on two different issues – quoting me. Not a bad start to the year, writes John GI Clarke.
It is a pity that most commentators seemed not to see the political and historical significance of King Sigcau’s victory over the president.
