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Police deputy minister says courts racist (11.11.10)

DEPUTY Police Minister Maggie Sotyu says South Africa's courts are racist because black criminals receive harsher sentences than their white counterparts, Beeld newspaper reported today (November 10). Sotyu said a white farmer who ...

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Criminal justice system 'racist' (11.11.10)

Cape Town - The new deputy police minister has described South Africa’s criminal justice system as racist, saying it needs to be transformed as black criminals are given harsher sentences than their white ...

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Presidential pardons – victims have 30 days to oppose (11.10.10)

By DES LATHAM In one case, a man who murdered 21 may be back on the streets if his application is unopposed as president pardons 149 serious criminals Victims and other affected parties ...

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'Violence rooted in apartheid' (10.11.10)

PARLIAMENT — South Africa’s history of colonialisation and apartheid have created a culture where people see resorting to force as normal, reveals a report released yesterday.“The core of the problem of violent ...

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Victims left out of the equation (10.11.10)

By XOLANI SIMELANE THE Department of Justice and Constitutional Development recently published a list of names of those who have been recommended for special political pardons. The purpose of the publication of these ...

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'Howe straf die wittes ligter' (10.11.10)

By Lizel Steenkamp Kaapstad - Suid-Afrika se strafregstelsel is rassisties en moet getransformeer word, want die howe straf swart misdadigers swaarder as wit misdadigers. Me. Maggie Sotyu, nuwe ...

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Aspects of criticised study of violent crime will be used – MPs (10.11.10)

By Chantall Presence Deputy Police Minister Maggie Sotyu on Tuesday said government will not bin a long-awaited study into the nature of violence in South Africa. The report was commissioned ...

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