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This stirring collection of essays and talks by activist and former judge Albie Sachs is the culmination of more than 25 years of thought about constitution-making and non-racialism. Following the Constitutional Court's landmark Nkandla ruling in March 2016, it serves as a powerful reminder of the tenets of the Constitution, the rule of law and the continuous struggle to uphold democratic rights and freedoms. We, The People offers an intimate insider's view of South Africa's Constitution by a writer who has been deeply entrenched in its historical journey from the depths of apartheid right up to the politically contested present.
As a second-year law student at the University of Cape Town, Sachs took part in the Defiance Campaign and went on to attend the Congress of the People in Kliptown, where the Freedom Charter was adopted in 1955. Three decades later, shortly after the bomb attack in Maputo that cost him his arm and the sight in one eye, he was called on by the Constitutional Committee of the African National Congress to co-draft (with Kader Asmal) the first outline of a Bill of Rights for a new democratic South Africa. In 1994, he was appointed by Nelson Mandela to the Constitutional Court, where he served as a judge until 2009. We, The People contains some of Sachs' most memorable public talks and writings, in which he takes us back to the broad-based popular foundations of the Constitution in the Freedom Charter. He picks up on Oliver Tambo's original vision of a non-racial future for South Africa, rather than one based on institutionalised power-sharing between the races. He explores the tension between perfectability and corruptibility, hope and mistrust, which lies at the centre of all constitutions.
Sachs discusses the enforcement of social and economic rights, and contemplates the building of the Constitutional Court in the heart of the Old Fort Prison as a mechanism for reconciling the past and the future. Subjective experience and objective analysis interact powerfully in a personalised narrative that reasserts the value of
constitutionality not just for South Africans, but for people striving to advance human dignity, equality and freedom across the world today.
Vusi Mavimbela is one of South Africa’s foremost political adventurers and wanderers. His memoir Time is Not the Measure provides penetrating pen portraits of many South African and African political actors and a galaxy of senior ANC exiles. He illuminates the personalities of many influential people in South Africa’s early democratic governments.
But the heart of Mavimbela’s narrative lies in his unique experience of working as a top administrator and counsellor in the offices of both Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma. He describes the conflict between those two flawed principals and captures the drama of their struggle and its destructive fallout for the new South African state.
Mavimbela offers a potent warning: loyalty and long service to a political party is no guarantee of wise and effective leadership.
This Special Edition marks the 30th anniversary of one of the greatest situation comedies British television has ever seen, featuring all 12 episodes of John Cleese and Connie Booth's highly successful comedy series, set in a Torquay hotel.
Every episode of the BAFTA-winning sitcom has been fantastically remastered and for the first time ever John Cleese provides audio commentaries on all 12 episodes.
The first two films in the comedy franchise based on Jeff Kinney's
best-selling illustrated novel detailing the trials and
tribulations of a wise-cracking pre-teen. 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'
(2010) follows 12-year-old Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon), who,
along with his best friend, Rowley (Robert Capron), spends his days
negotiating the minefield that is middle school. Whether dodging
bullies, learning complex and seemingly ever-changing social codes,
grappling with the onset of puberty or attempting to fathom the
mysteries of the opposite sex, Greg writes it all down in his
diary. In 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2 - Rodrick Rules' (2011), just
when he thought life couldn't get any more complicated, Greg is
horrified to discover that his older brother, Rodrick (Devon
Bostick), has taken possession of his secret diary. Meanwhile, he
must navigate the hurdles posed by a summer swimming contest and
the school talent show.
Family comedy sequel based on the bestselling illustrated novels by
Jeff Kinney. Zachary Gordon reprises his role as wise-cracking middle
school student Greg Heffley, who - just when he thought life couldn't
get any more complicated - is horrified to discover that his older
brother Rodrick (Devon Bostick) has taken possession of his secret
diary. Meanwhile, he must navigate the hurdles posed by a summer
swimming contest and the school talent show.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
The first two films in the comedy franchise based on Jeff Kinney's
best-selling illustrated novel detailing the trials and
tribulations of a wise-cracking pre-teen. 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'
(2010) follows 12-year-old Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon), who,
along with his best friend, Rowley (Robert Capron), spends his days
negotiating the minefield that is middle school. Whether dodging
bullies, learning complex and seemingly ever-changing social codes,
grappling with the onset of puberty or attempting to fathom the
mysteries of the opposite sex, Greg writes it all down in his
diary. In 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2 - Rodrick Rules' (2011), just
when he thought life couldn't get any more complicated, Greg is
horrified to discover that his older brother, Rodrick (Devon
Bostick), has taken possession of his secret diary. Meanwhile, he
must navigate the hurdles posed by a summer swimming contest and
the school talent show.
Cellular Internet of Things: From Massive Deployments to Critical
5G Applications, Second Edition, gives insights into the recent and
rapid work performed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project
(3GPP) and the Multefire Alliance (MFA) to develop systems for the
Cellular IoT. Beyond the technologies, readers will learn what the
mMTC and cMTC market segments look like, deployment options and
expected performance in terms of system capacity, expected battery
lifetime, data throughput, access delay time and device cost,
regulations for operation in unlicensed frequency bands, and how
they impact system design and performance. This new edition
contains updated content on the latest EC-GSM IoT, LTE-M and NB-IoT
features in 3GPP Release 15, critical communication, i.e. URLLC,
specified in 3GPP Release 15 for both LTE and NR, LTE-M and NB-IoT
for unlicensed frequency bands specified in the Multefire Alliance
(MFA), and an updated outlook of what the future holds in
Industrial IoT and drone communications, amongst other topics.
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