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Taxi driver's family 'could sue' (3.3.2013)

3 March 2013By CANDICE BAILEY and SAPAThe family of the Daveyton taxi driver who died after he was dragged behind a police van are considering their legal options, including taking civil action against the Police ...

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SA 'back to apartheid days', says Study of Violence Centre (3.3.2013)

3 March 2013Siyabonga MkhwanaziThe recent events of police brutality have taken the country back to apartheid days.The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) said the brutal nature of the killing of Mozambican ...

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Amateur video brings police torture to light (28.2.2013)

28 Feb 2013 18:59 - Faranaaz Parker News that Daveyton police beat and dragged a man behind a police van has sickened South Africans. But police torture of civilians is nothing new.Mido Macia, a taxi ...

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Unearthing the IFC's links to mining abuses (3.10.2012)

As mining projects in South Africa and Peru face violent opposition, critics are questioning the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) stakes in the companies at the centre of the controversies. IFC funds for mines in Mongolia ...

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More than gangsterism, structural violence is the issue

Announcing that President Zuma would not deploy the army to intervene in Cape Flats gang wars, his spokesman Mac Maharaj noted that the president “has directed ministers in the social and economic sectors to study ...

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African Union Commission (AUC) 25/08/2011 09:11 GMT Consultation on preparations for the year of shared values (2012) (25.8.2011)

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, August 25, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Department of Political Affairs (DPA) of the African Union Commission (AUC) held a retreat on the preparations for the Year of Shared ...

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'Shoot to kill' bill on agenda in parliament (24.8.2011)

ROWAN PHILP Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa's "shoot to kill" bill will come under fire in parliament today. Objectors will tell a parliamentary committee that it could encourage police officers to "shoot first and ask questions later". Seeking to ...

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