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Shacks and shopping malls divide South Africa's murder capital (01.03.10)

Walter Masondo stands in his driveway, his grandchildren dashing around his legs, watching a steamroller lay asphalt at a township stadium remodelled as a training venue for the football World Cup in ...

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SA Concourt upholds decision on pardons (25.02.10)

JOHANNESBURG – The South African Constitutional Court yesterday upheld a high court decision interdicting the president from granting pardons to perpetrators of political violence without first consulting victims. Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) member ...

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Victims have say in 'political' pardons (24.02.10)

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 ...

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Albutt v Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation and Others…(24.02.10)

(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 ...

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Concourt upholds decision on pardons for political violence (24.02.10)

THE Constitutional Court yesterday upheld a high court decision interdicting the President from granting pardons to perpetrators of political violence without first consulting victims. Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging member Ryna Albutt appealed against the ...

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Zuma cannot grant pardons (24.02.10)

By Beauregard Tromp Former president Thabo Mbeki has effectively prevented President Jacob Zuma from unilaterally pardoning a number of racist, religious and political killers. At least, not without consulting their victims. This ...

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DA welcomes Constitutional Court ruling on pardons (23.02.10)

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 ...

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