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EVERY democracy eventually meets the case that tests what it values more: the rule that keeps its machinery honest, or the right that the machinery exists to serve. On 15 October 2026 South Africa met that case. By majority, the Constitutional Court uphel... See more

THE engines will roar in Africa again, and the starting grid will be in Kigali. On Tuesday, at a press conference in the Rwandan capital attended by President Paul Kagame, Formula 1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali and FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem... See more

SOUTH African judge Navi Pillay, 85, greeted the news that she had won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize with disbelief, humour and, true to a lifetime in the law, a demand for proof. 'I hope this is not a joke then.' Those were among her first words after the a... See more

NAVANETHEM 'Navi' Pillay, the 85-year-old South African jurist who began her working life defending the people apartheid wanted silenced, and who has spent the decades since insisting that the powerful answer to the law, has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize... See more

Share current article via Email Share current article via Facebook Share current article via Twitter Share current article via LinkedIn The asylum application process descended into chaos on Wednesday when protesters, including members of March and March,... See more