In a country whose Constitution protects the right to life it would appear reasonable that the law should deal in clear terms with the taking of such life. Yesterday (Wednesday 21 May 2003) marked a year ...
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After lobbying around the issue of reparations for the past seven years, civil society found little to rejoice about in President Mbeki's speech to Parliament this week. Rather than use the opportunity to step closer to ...
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Unlike their apartheid predecessors, racist incidents can be tackled through the law that offers protection from prejudice. At a time when racist incidents rarely make the news unless they are extremely violent or highly politicised, Xolela ...
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The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation has read the proposed Bill and would like to comment on one aspect thereof that relates to Restorative Justice elements. Broadly speaking, the CSVR is satisfied ...
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'He may be fucking his cellmate every night' but if you ask him: 'Have you had a homosexual experience in prison?' he will truthfully, as far as he is concerned answer, NO'. This is a ...
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As might have been predicted there has been a high level of controversy around last week's Constitutional Court judgment, dealing with the use of lethal force in effecting arrest, in the case of s v ...
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Should there be any circumstances where a person is lawfully able to kill another human being? Killing to defend someone is clearly legally justified in South Africa. In 1995 in the case of S v Makwanyane, ...
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