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How do Human Rights apply to Africa?

Thursday, June 27, 2019

The US: The bully who cried wolf

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A habitual liar cannot be believed even when telling the truth. There is a famous fable by ancient Greek storyteller Aesop about a shepher...
Thursday, April 11, 2019

AU says closely monitoring situation in Libya

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The African Union says it is closely monitoring developments in Libya where dozens of people have been killed in fighting this week, accordi...
Monday, January 28, 2019

Open Letter by Over 70 Scholars and Experts Condemns US-Backed Coup Attempt in Venezuela

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"For the sake of the Venezuelan people, the region, and for the principle of national sovereignty, these international actors should i...
Monday, February 5, 2018

Dirty Apartheid Lies: SA's Murderous Arms Machine And The Bank That Cashed In (And Out)

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Startling revelations and powerful evidence of grand corruption implicating politicians from PW Botha to Jacob Zuma, global banks and corpor...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Press Statement by Andrew Feinstein, Paul Holden and Hennie Van Vuuren regarding the release of the SERITI COMMISSION REPORT into the ARMS DEAL

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On the 21st of April 2016, President Jacob Zuma announced the release of the report of the Commission of Inquiry into allegations of fraud, ...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016

NGO statement on Helen Suzman Foundation raid

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On Sunday afternoon the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) offices in Parktown, Johannesburg were the target of a military-style raid. Those cond...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

LHR wants prison torture claims investigated

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LHR details incidents of alleged abuse and torture against 16 inmates by correctional officials. Allegations of severe torture against 1...
Friday, July 10, 2015

Court rules in favour of asylum seeking children

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The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that foreign children who enter South Africa with a relative who qualifies as an asylum seeker should ...
Friday, March 27, 2015

Jiba: Nxasana accuses police of 'assuming the role of defence'

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National director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Mxolisi Nxasana, says a perception is being created that the police are trying to protect h...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

McBride suspended

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Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) head Robert McBride has been suspended, eNCA reported on Tuesday. On Wednesday last we...
Wednesday, March 18, 2015

DR Congo: Mass Arrests of Activists

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The arrest of at least 26 activists and others in Kinshasa on March 15, 2015, raises serious concerns of a broader crackdown on free express...
Sunday, March 15, 2015

Robert McBride accused of stealing incriminating USB stick from Hawks

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Robert McBride is now the subject of a criminal investigation – over an allegation that he stole a memory stick containing evidence that cou...
Sunday, March 8, 2015

Police Minister launches investigation into Robert McBride

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Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko has launched an investigation into Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) Head Robert McBride...
Saturday, February 7, 2015

Zuma orders inquiry to probe Nxasana fitness to hold office

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“The inquiry would look at whether the facts and circumstance surrounding his previous convictions were “constant with the conscientiousness...
Friday, February 6, 2015

JZ ignores damning NPA report

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Recommendations against the key actors in the Richard Mdluli fraud case have gone unheeded. The report of an inquiry by retired Constituti...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Another delay in ‘Amigos’ trial

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A year since their last court appearance, the accused in the so-called “Amigos” R144 million provincial government racketeering, corruption ...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Marikana Commission: Riah Phiyega's impossibly hazy memory

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National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega appeared at the Marikana Commission on Wednesday to clarify questions on how decisions were made f...
Friday, August 29, 2014

South African court convicts men of murder attempt on Rwandan general

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A South African court found four men guilty on Friday of an attempt to murder an exiled former Rwandan general in front of his home in Johan...
Friday, August 15, 2014

NPA boss Nxasana wins battle against suspension - for now

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The National Prosecuting Authority boss Mxolisi Nxasana appears to have won round one in his battle against President Jacob Zuma to keep his...
Sunday, August 10, 2014

Criminal charges laid against senior NPA officials

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Criminal charges have been laid against three National Prosecuting Authority senior officials, the prosecuting authority confirmed on Sunday...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

The NPA's reputation is in tatters: Our state institutions need to be rescued

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Speech by the DA's Shadow Minister of Justice, Glynnis Breytenbach MP during the budget vote debate on Justice, Parliament, July 15 2014...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

BRICS establish $100bn bank and currency pool to cut out Western dominance

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The group of emerging economies signed the long-anticipated document to create the $100 bn BRICS Development Bank and a reserve currency poo...
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