Constitution Archives - Consciousness.co.za Magazine https://consciousness.co.za/tag/constitution/ Arts and African History Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:16:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The poverty of Black Constitutional critique and the libidinal economy of South Africa https://consciousness.co.za/the-poverty-of-black-constitutional-critique-and-the-libidinal-economy-of-south-africa/ https://consciousness.co.za/the-poverty-of-black-constitutional-critique-and-the-libidinal-economy-of-south-africa/#respond Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:14:57 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=14921 “I do not want to rainbow without bread, I do not want to hate Cecil and anthem with his children” “I do not want to white anymore…white demons drowning in the Atlantic” Makhafula Vilakazi in Words 2022. The annoying persistent fantasy of the rainbow nation has been subjected to a popular critique. Its banality has [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/the-poverty-of-black-constitutional-critique-and-the-libidinal-economy-of-south-africa/feed/ 0 The Constitution, Judiciary and Rule of Law are a fleeting illusion https://consciousness.co.za/the-constitution-judiciary-and-rule-of-law-are-a-fleeting-illusion/ https://consciousness.co.za/the-constitution-judiciary-and-rule-of-law-are-a-fleeting-illusion/#respond Tue, 08 Feb 2022 08:44:37 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=14701 By Ras. Gareth Prince In relation to the then apartheid government and judiciary, Prof Albie Sachs wrote in 1972, “…. instead of investing their office with the prestige that comes from the pursuit of justice; they used the prestige of their office for the pursuit of the manifestly unjust”. 50 years later, can we truly [...]

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