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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 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 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 ...

By Franny Rabkin Civil society organisations has called on the DA to 'formally apologise' for its role in 'denying victims a voice' in applications for presidential pardons for politically motivated crimes. A ...

By Franny Rabkin A COALITION of civil society organisations yesterday called on the Democratic Alliance (DA) to “formally apologise” for its role in “denying victims a voice” in applications for presidential pardons ...

By Anna Majavu SEVEN human rights organisations have demanded that the DA formally apologise for leading a multiparty forum that recommended apartheid killers for a presidential pardon. “We call on the DA ...

By Dene Smuts Another View: The last thing we should do is grant wider presidential powers in this area, writes Dene Smuts Our president is beginning to resemble Henry VIII. Not only is he ...