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 ...
Read MoreBy 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 ...
Read MoreBy 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 ...
Read MoreBy 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 ...
Read MoreJOHANNESBURG - 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 ...
Read MoreBy 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 ...
Read MoreBy 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 ...
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