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Two cheers for legal activism

The South African Constitution explicitly creates loopholes for dismissing each and every right it "enshrines". Legal activists can only win so long as the social climate allows them to

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Robert Duigan
Aug 03, 2026
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This is a fairly pessimistic article, so just to balance out the tone of what I will say, I still think it is worth it to keep petitioning the court for recognition of one’s rights, at least until the point they properly stop listening, and that point has yet to come. But for the sake of disabusing any true believers out there, I wanted to offer a rathe…

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