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Lauren Kohn works from Cape Town, SA. Attorney & Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Law, UCT, Director & Founder: https://t.co/mc9XPHSQ1b (B.Bus.Sci LLB LLM, all with Distinction). Lauren Kohn has over 49 followers on Twitter.

The Constitutional Court has answered Nkosana Makate’s and Vodacom’s Please Call Me case. Photo: Troy Enekvist/M&G/File

‘Please Call Me’: Concourt makes a legacy ruling in the Vodacom judgment

The apex court has given clarity to the meaning of ‘duty of proper consideration’

The government of national unity. Photo: @Presidency/ZA/X

Principled, pragmatic law reform with promise

This contribution is a genuine effort at furthering what Andreas Schedler called “reform from below”, in his book The Self-Restraining State: Power and Accountability in New…

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

The 21st Constitution Amendment Bill’s proposed anti-corruption commission needs a rethink

The Constitution Amendment Bill divests the National Prosecuting Authority of its power to institute criminal proceedings regarding corruption and organised crime and instead…

Statue of Lady Justice at Roemer

The role of public perceptions in strengthening our constitutional democracy

A reply to Paul Hoffman, showing that the law actually isn’t simple and what it – properly, purposefully and holistically considered – does tell us

Embracing the IDAC: A critical step in South Africa’s fight against corruption

The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption does not prevent the future addition of a constitutionally entrenched anti-corruption commission

Pay back the money: A new approach and tools are enabling the National Prosecuting Authority to recover money stolen during the Zuma-led state capture era. Photo: Deaan Vivier/Getty Images

State capture clawbacks inspire hope

South Africa’s pursuit of state-capture redress is a story of stalemates and setbacks, but also some successes

Impartial? The Constitutional Court has heard applications seeking greater independence for the Hawks. The unit is located in the South African Police Service under a politician.

Hawks fly in the face of justice

SA knows what happens when law enforcement units are used for political ends.

Thabo Mbeki tried to prohibit or delay the arrest of former police boss Jackie Selebi.

Mbeki guilty of misinterpreting the law

The former president’s excuse of "national security" for interfering in the prosecution of Jackie Selebi is a misinterpretation of the law.