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Courts asked to decide on camps (4.08.08)

South Africa's courts have been asked to order that the temporary safe sites set up for refugees after xenophobic violence be kept open until their charges are reintegrated with communities. The ...

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Violent Crime Fuelled by Poverty

The high incidence of violent crime springs from poverty and the large number of men who feel marginalised. A preliminary report on the causes of violent crime, commissioned by the government and compiled by the Centre ...

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Inside prison hellhole (30.07.08)

by Lubabalo Ngcukana, Thanduxolo Jika and Theo Jeptha July 30 -- THE full horror of the country's most overcrowded prison can be revealed in this shocking photograph showing what warders say are 300 ...

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Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Talks Stall, But SA's Mbeki Upbeat

Blessing Zulu WASHINGTON. --  South African President Thabo Mbeki, mediator in Zimbabwe power-sharing talks, insisted on Tuesday that ruling party-opposition negotiations are "doing well" despite reports they've stalled over opposition leader Morgan ...

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'Crime will rise if Scorpions get canned'

Boyd Webb Police corruption is likely to skyrocket if the Scorpions are closed down, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) stated in a submission to parliament. ...

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Police corruption 'will flourish' if Scorpions go

Chantelle Benjamin Chief Reporter HIGH-level officers in the police would be above the law, in a force "already riddled with corruption", if legislation aimed at shutting down the Scorpions was passed, ...

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'Anti-Scorpions Bill not in public interest'

MPs should vote against the current measure before Parliament intended to dissolve the Scorpions, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation said on Wednesday. "... the bills are not in ...

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