Pierre de Vos
@pierredevos.bsky.social
Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance at UCT and author of the Blog, Constitutionally Speaking. I am not a journalist. Hopeful that everyone on this app will read before commenting.
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Pierre de Vos
@pierredevos.bsky.social
· Jan 31
An article I co-authored with Nomfundo Ramalekana on Rafoneke v Minister of Justice (arguably the worst judgement ever handed down by the Constitutional Court) has just been published. It's open access and can be accessed here: journals.co.za/doi/epdf/10....
A brilliant book that is difficult to put down: The risky strategy of Booker winner Flesh pays off. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
The risky strategy of Booker winner Flesh pays off | Justine Jordan
The protagonist’s inner life is hidden from the reader in this highly original novel
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November 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
A brilliant book that is difficult to put down: The risky strategy of Booker winner Flesh pays off. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
🔒Adriaan Basson | The collaborators who betrayed their country for Trump.
"History will call out the names of those who could but chose not to call out Trump's barefaced lies about the persecution of Afrikaners to advance his white supremacist ideology." www.news24.com/opinions/col...
"History will call out the names of those who could but chose not to call out Trump's barefaced lies about the persecution of Afrikaners to advance his white supremacist ideology." www.news24.com/opinions/col...
Adriaan Basson | The collaborators who betrayed their country for Trump | News24
History will call out the names of those who could but chose not to call out Trump’s barefaced lies about the persecution of Afrikaners – one of the wealthiest tribes in Africa – to advance his white ...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
🔒Adriaan Basson | The collaborators who betrayed their country for Trump.
"History will call out the names of those who could but chose not to call out Trump's barefaced lies about the persecution of Afrikaners to advance his white supremacist ideology." www.news24.com/opinions/col...
"History will call out the names of those who could but chose not to call out Trump's barefaced lies about the persecution of Afrikaners to advance his white supremacist ideology." www.news24.com/opinions/col...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians. IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and of using Palestinians as human shields. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
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November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians. IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and of using Palestinians as human shields. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
He did not even have to pretend that he was gravely ill... Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to be released from prison. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to be released from prison
Sarkozy, who told court his three weeks in jail had been a ‘nightmare’, will serve rest of sentence at home pending appeal
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November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
He did not even have to pretend that he was gravely ill... Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to be released from prison. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
When solidarity becomes spectacle. Francesca Albanese’s visit to South Africa exposed a truth we prefer not to face: that our moral witness has hardened into ritual. We watch, we clap, we call it solidarity. africasacountry.com/2025/11/when...
When solidarity becomes spectacle
Francesca Albanese’s visit to South Africa exposed a truth we prefer not to face: that our moral witness has hardened into ritual. We watch, we clap, we call it solidarity.
africasacountry.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
When solidarity becomes spectacle. Francesca Albanese’s visit to South Africa exposed a truth we prefer not to face: that our moral witness has hardened into ritual. We watch, we clap, we call it solidarity. africasacountry.com/2025/11/when...
🔒Limpopo judge president sanctioned for presiding over ex-client’s cases www.news24.com/southafrica/...
Limpopo judge president sanctioned for presiding over ex-client’s cases | News24
Limpopo High Court Judge President George Phatudi acted in breach of judicial conduct rules by presiding over cases involving his former client, the Judicial Conduct Committee ruled this week.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:32 AM
🔒Limpopo judge president sanctioned for presiding over ex-client’s cases www.news24.com/southafrica/...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
How the Rise of Fascism Impacted the 1938 FIFA World Cup lithub.com/how-the-rise...
How the Rise of Fascism Impacted the 1938 FIFA World Cup
In late March 1938, around ten weeks before the World Cup was due to begin, the Austrian soccer federation sent a telegram to FIFA. “Sorry to cancel World Cup enrolment,” it read. “Austrian footbal…
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November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
How the Rise of Fascism Impacted the 1938 FIFA World Cup lithub.com/how-the-rise...
A Home That Proves You Can Never Have Too Many Books www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/t...
A Home That Proves You Can Never Have Too Many Books
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November 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
A Home That Proves You Can Never Have Too Many Books www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/t...
On language, power and the Tlaleng Mofokeng misjudgment by the Health Professions Council of SA www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
Tlaleng Mofokeng: Language and misjudgment
The council’s censure of Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng for her social media posts about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhayu and propagandist Hillel Neuer is out of step with contemporary understandings of...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
On language, power and the Tlaleng Mofokeng misjudgment by the Health Professions Council of SA www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
🔒Zuma vs Hlophe: Rogue moves and ‘misunderstanding’ leave MKP caucus leaderless www.news24.com/politics/zum...
Zuma vs Hlophe: Rogue moves and ‘misunderstanding’ leave MKP caucus leaderless | News24
A “misunderstanding” over parliamentary roles between Colleen Makhubele and John Hlophe is allegedly at the heart of Hlophe’s abrupt suspension as party deputy leader and parliamentary leader on Wedne...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
🔒Zuma vs Hlophe: Rogue moves and ‘misunderstanding’ leave MKP caucus leaderless www.news24.com/politics/zum...
🔒435 academics show solidarity with Fort Hare VC, urge Manamela not to appoint an assessor www.news24.com/southafrica/...
435 academics show solidarity with Fort Hare VC, urge Manamela not to appoint an assessor | News24
More than 430 academics from universities across SA have signed an open letter calling on Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela not to appoint an independent assessor at the University of Fort Hare.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:29 AM
🔒435 academics show solidarity with Fort Hare VC, urge Manamela not to appoint an assessor www.news24.com/southafrica/...
Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala and the ‘unlawful deal’ with Ekurhuleni metro cops www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala and the ‘unlawful deal’ with Ekurhuleni metro cops
Alleged organised crime figure Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala, through his security company, had an agreement with the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department to supply surveillance technology, suspect-trac...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala and the ‘unlawful deal’ with Ekurhuleni metro cops www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Andrea Johnson rejects ‘Witch-Hunt’ claims as policing scandal exposes deep rifts www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Idac ‘not on Crime Intelligence officer witch-hunt’ — Andrea Johnson
Investigating Directorate Against Corruption head Andrea Johnson has told Parliament a collective complaint lodged against Crime Intelligence cops last year fell under the ambit of State Capture. She ...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Andrea Johnson rejects ‘Witch-Hunt’ claims as policing scandal exposes deep rifts www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Sexual harassment in the judiciary is a crisis at the Bar and on the Bench www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Sexual Harassment: A tumultuous and traumatising year for the judiciary and legal profession
In May and June this year, Advocate, the South African Bar journal, conducted a national survey on sexual harassment in the profession. Azraa Vally, of the Pretoria Bar, noted that both men and women ...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Sexual harassment in the judiciary is a crisis at the Bar and on the Bench www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Alan Hollinghurst wins David Cohen lifetime award for ‘pioneering’ novels, including The Line of Beauty and The Swimming-Pool Library. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Alan Hollinghurst wins David Cohen lifetime award for ‘pioneering’ novels
Author says he is ‘overcome with emotion’ after winning £40,000 honour for books including The Line of Beauty and The Swimming-Pool Library
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November 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Alan Hollinghurst wins David Cohen lifetime award for ‘pioneering’ novels, including The Line of Beauty and The Swimming-Pool Library. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected Mayor www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected Mayor
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November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected Mayor www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
🔒Jonny Steinberg | The money trap: How ANC presidential race devours its best candidates www.news24.com/opinions/col...
Jonny Steinberg | The money trap: How ANC presidential race devours its best candidates | News24
The ANC’s presidential race has created a toxic catch-22 where the fundraising required to win threatens to destroy good candidates and leave bad ones standing, writes Jonny Steinberg.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
🔒Jonny Steinberg | The money trap: How ANC presidential race devours its best candidates www.news24.com/opinions/col...
🔒Sibiya used carjacker’s bakkie, was ‘protected’ by him at ad hoc committee – Khumalo www.news24.com/southafrica/...
Sibiya used carjacker’s bakkie, was ‘protected’ by him at ad hoc committee – Khumalo | News24
Deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya fiercely denied being a rogue police officer when he testified before Parliament’s ad hoc committee – but, according to Crime Intelligence head Dumi...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
🔒Sibiya used carjacker’s bakkie, was ‘protected’ by him at ad hoc committee – Khumalo www.news24.com/southafrica/...
Netanyahu and his far-right Zionist zealots, & those who repeatedly vote them into power, have betrayed every principle of liberal democracy, decency, human rights & international law. Perhaps from ashes of the genocide an alternative Judaism will emerge. www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
Beyond Zionism: Will an alternative Judaism emerge?
Netanyahu and his far-right Zionist zealots, and those who repeatedly vote them into power, have betrayed every principle of liberal democracy, decency, human rights and international law. Perhaps fro...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Netanyahu and his far-right Zionist zealots, & those who repeatedly vote them into power, have betrayed every principle of liberal democracy, decency, human rights & international law. Perhaps from ashes of the genocide an alternative Judaism will emerge. www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
"Whatever your religion, your political persuasion, today nobody who has a television, radio or access to the internet can claim ignorance of the genocide being perpetrated by the chief genocidaire Netanyahu and the members of the Israeli Defence Force." www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
‘Solidarity is love’: Reflections on Francesca Albanese
What makes Albanese different from the mostly timid career UN officials is that the conclusions she has drawn in her reports cannot be conveyed in polite diplomat-speak. She’s outspoken, angry, urgent...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
"Whatever your religion, your political persuasion, today nobody who has a television, radio or access to the internet can claim ignorance of the genocide being perpetrated by the chief genocidaire Netanyahu and the members of the Israeli Defence Force." www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
Withdrawal of US aid has hurt South Africa’s HIV management programme. The number of HIV viral load tests recorded by the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) is significantly less than expected since February 2025. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Analysis: Withdrawal of US aid has hurt SA’s HIV management programme
Number of viral load tests is significantly lower than expected.
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Withdrawal of US aid has hurt South Africa’s HIV management programme. The number of HIV viral load tests recorded by the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) is significantly less than expected since February 2025. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Treasury threat to withhold NMB’s December equitable share over R22bn wasteful expenditure www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Treasury may withhold NMB’s December equitable share over R22bn wasted expenditure
In a ‘horror’ meeting with National Treasury, several sources have confirmed that the fiscus has threatened to withhold the Nelson Mandela Bay metro’s equitable share for December over the metro’s fai...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Treasury threat to withhold NMB’s December equitable share over R22bn wasteful expenditure www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
High Court bans vigilante group Operation Dudula from blocking access to hospitals, clinics and schools, making clear that Dudula's harassment, intimidation and assault of migrants was unlawful and unconstitutional. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Court prohibits Operation Dudula from harassing foreign nationals
The high court in Johannesburg has ordered Operation Dudula to stop harassing foreign nationals and directed the police and key government departments to enforce the ruling.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
High Court bans vigilante group Operation Dudula from blocking access to hospitals, clinics and schools, making clear that Dudula's harassment, intimidation and assault of migrants was unlawful and unconstitutional. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...