By Hugo van der Merwe, Fanie du Toit and Rebecca MurdochThis week a group of South African non-governmental organisations filed papers in the Pretoria High Court to prevent President Kgalema Motlanthe from ...
Read MoreA court challenge over the issuing of presidential pardons will be brought this week by a coalition of victim and civil society organisations, the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) said on Wednesday. ...
Read MoreRogue elements in the taxi industry are planning to assassinate KwaZulu-Natal's community liaison and safety MEC Bheki Cele, according to police sources. Information from police officers has also revealed a brazen plot ...
Read MoreReport – Guns and Roses: Advocacy in an Emerging Democracy (Executive Summary) (13.02.09)
By Marian Nell & Janet Shapiro Introduction Advocacy, or the active support of a cause, idea or policy, is as old as the story of humankind. To hold a position or belief and ...
Read MoreA South African high court judge has ordered the country's prisons department to immediately hand over a secret report about the death of a prisoner who was given antiretroviral treatment far ...
Read MoreFranny Rabkin THE South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has added its voice to a coalition of civil society organisations calling for a revision of a presidential pardon process to address politically ...
Read MoreHERALD CORRESPONDENT Cape Town – A woman a day on average is shot and killed by an intimate partner, a seminar on the impact of firearms on domestic violence has heard. About 80 ...
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