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Richard Spoor

@richard_spoor

Is a public Interest lawyer with a special interest in land reform, mines and communities and compensation for occupational diseases. Militant non-racialist.

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The ANC has always put crony empowerment above efficient and effective state expenditure. As a matter of policy it awards government tenders to politically connected elites at a huge cost premium, even though these elites have neither the skills nor capacity to perform.

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Devastating to hear about yet another attack on the Al-Ahli Anglican hospital in Gaza. More lives lost in a tragedy that seems to see no end. I continue to stand in solidarity with all who suffer, calling for peace, justice and dignity for Palestinians and Israelis alike.

Devastating to hear about yet another attack on the Al-Ahli Anglican hospital in Gaza. More lives lost in a tragedy that seems to see no end. I continue to stand in solidarity with all who suffer, calling for peace, justice and dignity for Palestinians and Israelis alike.
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About 70% of the African Union's $650m budget is funded by foreigners. "You call them colonizers but when they give us money, they're partners," Sudanese billionaire Mo Ibrahim says. "This is a farce, either you're serious or you forget it," he told former AU boss Moussa Faki

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This is what 30 years of ANC rule have brought us. Poverty, hopelessness and despair. There are no indications that Cyril and other members of the political elite are rethinking the disastrous economic policies that have led to this.

This is what 30 years of ANC rule have brought us. Poverty, hopelessness and despair. There are no indications that Cyril and other members of the political elite are rethinking the disastrous economic policies that have led to this.
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Doctors say that the NHI in its current form is not a path to equity, but a “pipeline for centralised corruption, dressed up in the language of justice”. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-0…

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Humor for the times: A British judge walks out of the courtroom, laughing. A colleague asks, "What are you laughing about?" "I just heard a great joke," the judge says, wiping away tears of laughter. "Tell me!" "Are you nuts? I just sentenced a man to five years for that joke."