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By Prakash Naidoo Though President Jacob Zuma maintains there is no timeframe within which he has to consider the applications for presidential pardons before him, it seems likely that he is waiting ...

By Anna Majavu Thousands languish in prison for years for petty crimes POTENTIAL pardons for President Jacob Zuma's former financial advisor, convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik, and apartheid murderer Eugene de Kock, or ...

By Own Correspondent JOHANNESBURG – Civil society organisations on Tuesday said the situation at Johannesburg's Central Methodist Church where thousands of migrants, most of them Zimbabweans, have taken shelter was unsustainable ...

Civil society organisations described Johannesburg's Central Methodist Church, where thousands of migrants have taken shelter, as unsustainable. "The present situation that faces those living in the church is not sustainable," Aids Law ...

By David Bruce Take the following scenario. One night a police vehicle patrol arrives at the scene of a hijacking in progress. The owner is still in the vehicle. On seeing the police ...

Torture is a criminal offence, prohibited under various international treaties -- but not under South African law, which only allows victims to lay charges of assault and grievous body harm. The South ...

By Sikho Ntshobane INCIDENTS of domestic violence are down, but a sharp increase in rape cases continues to plague the Queenstown area, police confirmed this week at the onset of the annual ...