Our privilege, yours and mine, comes with duties
In his keynote address at the Sunday Times Literary Awards on Thursday, Edwin Cameron reflected on what has been achieved during our democracy — and on what is going badly wrong
03 November 2024 - 00:00
Where are we after 30 years of democracy? There is good news, and bad news. The bad news is that our democracy is in peril. Despite heartening successes, the famished termites of state incapacity, corruption, criminal syndicalism, deception, lies and disorder are gnawing at its pillars and foundations...
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