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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s political power stemmed from the visceral connection that she was able to make between the lives of the oppressed black people, and her own.
South Africa, following its peaceful transition, occupied the moral high ground and could influence the agenda of intergovernmental bodies like the United Nations. Not anymore.
As South Africa marks Human Rights Day and the 20th anniversary of its constitution it’s a good time to reflect on the problems it faces in making constitutional rights a reality.
Activists, health-care workers and scientists in South Africa were faced with a horrific epidemic but went on a ruthless crusade to turn it around.
Seasoned social rights activist Mark Heywood argues that the constitution provides South Africans with more rights and entitlements than they may be aware of.
Globally, the health community is moving to a point where there could be zero new HIV infections or deaths. But it has been a long road.
One of the remarkable achievements of South Africa’s Constitutional Court has been its role in improving the quality of the internal democratic processes within the governing ANC.
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Distinguished Professor and H F Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law, Stellenbosch University
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Executive director, Africa Institute of South Africa, Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor of Law, UNSW
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Honorary Professor, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Global Health and Director, O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University
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Lecturer in Political Science, Nelson Mandela University
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Distinguished Professor, Infectious Disease and Oncology Research Institute, Faculty of Heath Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Executive Director Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Chief Scientific Officer, South African Medical Research Council
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Associate Professor in Medical and Health Humanities, University of Cape Town
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Canada150 Research Chair in Gender and African Politics and Visiting Professor, WiSER Wits University, Carleton University