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Justice must be seen to be done (02.05.2009)

The granting of presidential pardons for political prisioners is on ice for now. Several civil society organisations were granted a temporary interdict by the Pretoria High Court this week, stopping President Kgalema ...

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Freeze on pardons 'a victory' (29.04.2009)

By ILSE DE LANGEJOHANNESBURG - An interim North Gauteng High Court order freezing the granting of presidential pardons for politically motivated apartheid-era crimes was yesterday welcomed as a “massive victory for freedom ...

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Forgiveness under a veil of secrecy. (25.04.2009)

By Jann Turner The special pardons process is failing the victims of the crimes committed by those seeking the pardons, writes JANN TURNER MAY 1 marks the 20th anniversary of the assassination of activist ...

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Angola battles legacy of conflict (17.04.2009)

Luanda - Angola's determination to move on from three decades of bloodshed has created a society that has not come to terms with the past and has high levels of domestic violence, a ...

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Cracks Appearing in Zimbabwe's Eight-Week-Old Unity Government (10.04.2009)

By Gibbs Dube, Blessing Zulu & Ntungamili Nkomo Just one week after Zimbabwe's cabinet gathered in retreat in the resort town of Victoria Falls seeking to achieve cohesion on a program of national ...

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South Africa: Court Bid to Prevent Motlanthe Pardons (15.04.2009)

By Franny Rabkin. Johannesburg — LAWYERS for President Kgalema Motlanthe told the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria yesterday that an application to interdict him from giving presidential pardons to people who ...

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Court told of victim participation in pardons (14.04.2009)

By ILSE DE LANGEJOHANNESBURG - The consideration of presidential pardons to persons convicted of politically motivated apartheid-era crimes without any input from victims was an affront to the human dignity of victims, ...

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