South Africa: South Africa's Constitution Was Set Up As the Bedrock of Its Democracy - It's Been Challenged Over Last 30 Years, but Has Held Firm

[The Conversation Africa] There was a moment during the state capture years of South African president Jacob Zuma's term in office (2009 to 2018) when the veil finally slipped. There had been quiet rumblings against the country's constitution for many years. But now a senior figure in the ruling African National Congress - its chief whip in the National Assembly, Mathole Motshekga - gave public expression to the notion that when judges overturned decisions of the government they were undermining democracy by thwarting the will of