It is perhaps a happy accident that human rights month 2021 coincides with the Constitutional Court’s hearing of the Zondo commission’s application for Jacob Zuma to be found guilty of contempt.

It is no accident that the Defend Our Democracy campaign — which has the support of a broad range of stakeholders, including the Kathrada and Tutu foundations, Universities SA and Trevor Manuel — should have been launched on March 18 and advance Zuma as its chief exhibit of constitutional vandalism...

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