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....
What Hurwitz objects to is that Holocaust education works. She is upset that the various social media vectors through which people hear directly from Palestinians drive accurate perceptions of the genocide. www.forever-wars.com/sarah-hurwit...
Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust
Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah
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November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
What Hurwitz objects to is that Holocaust education works. She is upset that the various social media vectors through which people hear directly from Palestinians drive accurate perceptions of the genocide. www.forever-wars.com/sarah-hurwit...
🔒Carol Paton | The ANC has many Brown Mogotsis who have rocked our politics www.news24.com/business/opi...
Carol Paton | The ANC has many Brown Mogotsis who have rocked our politics | News24
The ANC’s love of conspiracy theories and its tendency for factional battles have enabled many Brown Mogotsis to prosper.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🔒Carol Paton | The ANC has many Brown Mogotsis who have rocked our politics www.news24.com/business/opi...
Six candidates shortlisted to replace Shamila Batohi as NPA head www.news24.com/southafrica/...
Six candidates shortlisted to replace Shamila Batohi as NPA head | News24
Six people have been shortlisted for the National Director of Public Prosecutions post, which becomes vacant when Shamila Batohi retires in January.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Six candidates shortlisted to replace Shamila Batohi as NPA head www.news24.com/southafrica/...
The DA’s Gordian knot: How the party’s internal feud could affect the elections www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
The DA’s Gordian knot: How the party’s internal feud could affect the elections | Daily Maverick
<p>The DA faces several difficult scenarios in dealing with the fallout from two serious and interrelated issues. How it deals both with the alleged misuse of a DA credit card by its leader, John Stee...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The DA’s Gordian knot: How the party’s internal feud could affect the elections www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Ward poll beatdown — ANC loses seats to MK, PA and independent candidate as it bleeds support www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Ward poll beatdown — ANC loses seats to MK, PA and independent candidate as it bleeds support | Daily Maverick
<p>There was no post-G20 bounce for the ANC as it lost three seats and fell sharply in four other wards in the last major round of by-elections for 2025. The party lost seats to uMkhonto Wesizwe party...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Ward poll beatdown — ANC loses seats to MK, PA and independent candidate as it bleeds support www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
‘Cele lied’ — Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala alleges he made R500K payoff to former police minister www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
‘Cele lied’ — Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala alleges he made R500K payoff to former police minister | Daily Maverick
<p>The cat is out of the bag — from inside Kgosi Mampuru Prison, Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala accused Bheki Cele of demanding R500,000 and insisted the former minister ‘lied under oath’ about their relation...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
‘Cele lied’ — Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala alleges he made R500K payoff to former police minister www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
It all blew up, there was some legal hokey-cokey, they lost their jobs, she fled to LA, RFK became health secretary. He’s got bigger brainworms to fry; the other two are now “breaking their silence”. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What can we learn from RFK's 'erotic poetry'? That Americans need to get better at enjoying a scandal | Marina Hyde
The US health secretary’s ‘digital affair’ with Olivia Nuzzi doesn’t need sombre analysis. Take it from this Brit: sometimes laughter is the only option, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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November 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
It all blew up, there was some legal hokey-cokey, they lost their jobs, she fled to LA, RFK became health secretary. He’s got bigger brainworms to fry; the other two are now “breaking their silence”. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
🔒Desperate in Donbas: He trusted ‘Auntie Dudu’, but his mom hasn’t heard from him in 3 months www.news24.com/southafrica/...
Desperate in Donbas: He trusted ‘Auntie Dudu’, but his mom hasn’t heard from him in 3 months | News24
The last time a mother from Botswana heard from her 19-year-old son, who was sent to Russia by former president Jacob Zuma’s daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla under the guise of an “educational opportun...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
🔒Desperate in Donbas: He trusted ‘Auntie Dudu’, but his mom hasn’t heard from him in 3 months www.news24.com/southafrica/...
🔒😳High Court judge Portia Phahlane arrested for alleged corruption. Phahlane's arrest reportedly relates to her allegedly receiving kickbacks for favourable rulings in a succession battle involving the International Pentecost Holiness Church. www.news24.com/southafrica/...
High Court judge arrested for alleged corruption | News24
A Pretoria High Court judge is in custody for allegedly accepting money in exchange for favourable rulings.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:39 AM
🔒😳High Court judge Portia Phahlane arrested for alleged corruption. Phahlane's arrest reportedly relates to her allegedly receiving kickbacks for favourable rulings in a succession battle involving the International Pentecost Holiness Church. www.news24.com/southafrica/...
The coup kids are in charge now. Across the continent’s new coup belt, young officers are stepping into power, casting themselves as guardians against corrupt civilian elites. africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The coup kids are in charge now. Across the continent’s new coup belt, young officers are stepping into power, casting themselves as guardians against corrupt civilian elites. africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
Reposted by Pierre de Vos
THE HISTORY OF HIV | Explore four decades of the HIV story, from the first cases to breakthroughs in prevention, science, and South Africa’s fight against the virus: www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/11/25/a...
TIMELINE | The journey of HIV through science, struggle, activism, and hope
From the first reported cases of HIV in 1981 to the latest breakthroughs in long-acting prevention, this Spotlight timeline traces key moments in the global and South African response to the virus. It...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:26 AM
THE HISTORY OF HIV | Explore four decades of the HIV story, from the first cases to breakthroughs in prevention, science, and South Africa’s fight against the virus: www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/11/25/a...
Reposted by Pierre de Vos
Performers who took the stage at this year’s Unmute ArtsAbility Arts Festival were applauded by audience members waving their hands in the air.
Read groundup.org.za/article/lawn... by Mary-Anne Gontsana and Ashraf Hendricks
Read groundup.org.za/article/lawn... by Mary-Anne Gontsana and Ashraf Hendricks
Lawns outside Cape Town manor lit up for Unmute ArtsAbility festival
The three-day festival aimed to create awareness about people with disabilities in the arts sector
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November 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Performers who took the stage at this year’s Unmute ArtsAbility Arts Festival were applauded by audience members waving their hands in the air.
Read groundup.org.za/article/lawn... by Mary-Anne Gontsana and Ashraf Hendricks
Read groundup.org.za/article/lawn... by Mary-Anne Gontsana and Ashraf Hendricks
acob Zuma’s failed mercenary ambitions — from China to Russia, the road is littered with abandoned recruits
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Jacob Zuma’s failed mercenary ambitions — from China to Russia, the road is littered with abandoned recruits | Daily Maverick
<p>A group of 17 South Africans allegedly duped into joining the notorious Russian mercenary group Wagner by Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla are not the first to be abandoned by the Zuma family wannabe-junta.<...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
acob Zuma’s failed mercenary ambitions — from China to Russia, the road is littered with abandoned recruits
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Several Con Court judgments outstanding for more than a year now (Phala Phala case heard on 26 November 2024 also coming up for one year anniversary.) These delays are surely completely unacceptable.
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Several Con Court judgments outstanding for more than a year now (Phala Phala case heard on 26 November 2024 also coming up for one year anniversary.) These delays are surely completely unacceptable.
Israeli regime is again breaking the ceasefire with no consequence. As a result, hospitals in Gaza are running out of essential supplies, with new waves of Israeli airstrikes killing more than 50 people and injuring more than 100 in recent days. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as Israeli airstrikes continue, medics say
‘Severe lack’ in territory where Israeli strikes have killed more than 50 people and injured over 100 in recent days
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November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Israeli regime is again breaking the ceasefire with no consequence. As a result, hospitals in Gaza are running out of essential supplies, with new waves of Israeli airstrikes killing more than 50 people and injuring more than 100 in recent days. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Can the World Move On Without the U.S.? G20 Leaders Gave It a Shot. With the United States boycotting the summit, other nations sought to strike new deals, and some took a tougher tone with President Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
Can the World Move On Without the U.S.? G20 Leaders Gave It a Shot.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Can the World Move On Without the U.S.? G20 Leaders Gave It a Shot. With the United States boycotting the summit, other nations sought to strike new deals, and some took a tougher tone with President Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
R22-million Limpopo sports complex stands unused. Makhuvha Sports Complex outside Thohoyandou has been left to ruin. groundup.org.za/article/r22-...
R22-million Limpopo sports complex stands unused
Makhuvha Sports Complex outside Thohoyandou has been left to ruin
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November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
R22-million Limpopo sports complex stands unused. Makhuvha Sports Complex outside Thohoyandou has been left to ruin. groundup.org.za/article/r22-...
Interview: ‘I think my mum’s going to like it’: Alexander Skarsgård on his gay biker ‘dom-com’ Pillion. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
‘I think my mum’s going to like it’: Alexander Skarsgård on his gay biker ‘dom-com’ Pillion
In May, Cannes went weak at the knees for Harry Lighton’s tale of BDSM and bootlicking in suburbia. Ahead of its release, the director and his stars reveal the explicit shots snipped from the final cu...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Interview: ‘I think my mum’s going to like it’: Alexander Skarsgård on his gay biker ‘dom-com’ Pillion. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
"Earlier this month Infantino instituted some preposterous Fifa peace prize that he’s going to inaugurate at the final draw for the 2026 World Cup in Washington next month, quite possibly so that the orange organ grinder can be the first winner of it." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Extortionate tickets and matches moved at Trump’s whim: are you ready for the ‘greatest World Cup ever’? | Marina Hyde
You may have thought Qatar and Russia were tournament lows. You didn’t account for the US president and his Fifa soulmate, Gianni Infantino, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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November 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"Earlier this month Infantino instituted some preposterous Fifa peace prize that he’s going to inaugurate at the final draw for the 2026 World Cup in Washington next month, quite possibly so that the orange organ grinder can be the first winner of it." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Cape Town needs rent control. Here are six ways we could do it groundup.org.za/article/cape...
Cape Town needs rent control. Here are six ways we could do it
Renting a home close to the city has become unaffordable even for many middle-class households
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November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Cape Town needs rent control. Here are six ways we could do it groundup.org.za/article/cape...
More than 50,000 soccer fans cheered on Ihab Abu Jazar’s Palestinian team in Bilbao. When Zaid Qunbar looked like he might equalise after 12 minutes the whole of this vast stadium cheered him on, roaring the opposition striker running towards their goal. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘It touched us from the start’: Palestine savour historic night in Bilbao | Sid Lowe
More than 50,000 fans cheered on Ihab Abu Jazar’s team with the coach and players ‘shocked’ by the outpouring of support during their visit
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November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
More than 50,000 soccer fans cheered on Ihab Abu Jazar’s Palestinian team in Bilbao. When Zaid Qunbar looked like he might equalise after 12 minutes the whole of this vast stadium cheered him on, roaring the opposition striker running towards their goal. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
All they ask is access to books: SA is failing the blind groundup.org.za/article/all-...
All they ask is access to books: SA is failing the blind
South Africa has still not ratified the Marrakesh Treaty it adopted in 2013
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November 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
All they ask is access to books: SA is failing the blind groundup.org.za/article/all-...
Jonny Steinberg | Like an athlete with tied feet: Why low voter turnover is slowing us down www.news24.com/opinions/col...
Jonny Steinberg | Like an athlete with tied feet: Why low voter turnover is slowing us down | News24
The poor have stopped voting in SA. Unlike electricity blackouts or insurrections, the consequences are invisible, but over the long term they are no less severe, writes Jonny Steinberg.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Jonny Steinberg | Like an athlete with tied feet: Why low voter turnover is slowing us down www.news24.com/opinions/col...
🔒JUSTICE MALALA | Revelations at the parliamentary sessions and Madlanga Commission are just the tip of the iceberg www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/2025...
JUSTICE MALALA | Revelations at the parliamentary sessions and Madlanga Commission are just the tip of the iceberg
We are at absolute rock bottom in terms of the fight against crime. To turn this around, we are going to have to bring some big walls crashing down, writes Justice Malala
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November 17, 2025 at 4:41 AM
🔒JUSTICE MALALA | Revelations at the parliamentary sessions and Madlanga Commission are just the tip of the iceberg www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/2025...
🔒Pierre de Vos | On transgender rights: When ‘desperate people’ show more grace than respectable society www.news24.com/opinions/ana...
Pierre de Vos | When ‘desperate people’ show more grace than respectable society | News24
Pierre de Vos reflects on a recent Constitutional Court case. He argues that while courts provide vital protection for marginalised people, true social transformation requires society to embrace diffe...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
🔒Pierre de Vos | On transgender rights: When ‘desperate people’ show more grace than respectable society www.news24.com/opinions/ana...