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(CCT 54/09) [2010] ZACC 4 This case concerns the power of the President to grant pardon under section 84(2)(j) of the Constitution to people who claim that they were convicted of offences which ...

By Franny Rabkin BEFORE President Jacob Zuma can consider whether to pardon people convicted of “politically motivated” crimes , he would have to hear from the victims of the crimes, the Constitutional ...

JOHANNESBURG - The Constitutional Court finding that victims have to be heard before perpetrators of political violence are pardoned was welcomed by the Democratic Alliance on Tuesday. “Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo’s judgment ...

By Natasha Marrian Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court on Tuesday upheld a high court decision interdicting the president from granting pardons to perpetrators of political violence without first consulting victims. Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging ...

By Loyiso Sidimba VICTIMS of apartheid-era atrocities are entitled to make representations before the president grants pardon to perpetrators, the country’s highest court ruled today. In a unanimous decision, Chief Justice Sandile ...

By Stuart Graham CAPE TOWN - Police reservists are volunteers who serve their communities and cannot try to force their way into being employed as permanent members, analysts said on Tuesday. Johan ...