The brilliance of South Africa’s Constitution lies not in its articulation of values – dignity, equality and freedom – but in its creation of mechanisms to guard them, the Chapter Nine institutions.

The City of Johannesburg has confirmed that the controversial former Johannesburg Property Company boss Helen Botes no longer works for the city.

Without urgent and coordinated responses from domestic institutions and regional actors, Malawi risks descending into a cycle of contested legitimacy and democratic decay.