In the media
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1 February 2013
The Star
South Africa has again been gripped by images of violence, anger and looting in the wake of a decision by Co-operative Governance Minister Richard Baloyi and the Municipal Demarcation Board to merge two municipalities near Sasolburg. Four people have been killed and many more displaced after a week of violent protest against the planned merger. These scenes are not new to the South African landscape; neither are the decisions that ignite them.
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31 January 2013
Ghanamma
Frederik Ngubane, 22, returned to South Africa, the country of his birth, in 2009, after spending his entire childhood in Kenya and Uganda. An orphan, Ngubane had lost all contact with his South African relatives, and soon after arriving in the country he also lost his birth certificate, the only document proving his South African nationality. He has spent four years living as a stateless person, and is now losing hope that his situation will ever change.
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30 January 2013
IRIN News
Frederik Ngubane was born in South Africa to South African parents 22 years ago but, lacking any proof of his origins or nationality, he lives a shadowy, marginal existence. He cannot travel, study or secure formal employment and has lost count of how many times he has been arrested for being undocumented.
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30 January 2013
The Citizen
South Africa has again been gripped by images of violence, anger and looting in the wake of a decision by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Richard Baloyi and the Municipal Demarcation Board to merge two municipalities near Sasolburg in the Free State.
Unfortunately, these images are nothing new and neither are the decisions which ignite them. Violence erupted in towns like Khutsong and Moutse when similar decisions were made to move those municipalities between provinces.
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24 January 2013
Special Assignment
Special Assignment received reports that children were being separated from their mothers when taken to the Lindela repatriation facility.
On 24 January 2013, Special Assignment aired its programme with the help of Lawyers for Human Rights.
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18 January 2013
Mail & Guardian
Carolina could be one heavy downpour away from facing another water crisis and residents are already reluctant to use water they do not trust.
The small Mpumalanga town hit the headlines a year ago when heavy rains washed pollution into its dam – its main source of water. The acid mine water in the dam overwhelmed the treatment works and the water became dangerous.
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9 January 2013
Times LIVE
South Africa's child prisoners are being detained in appalling conditions - locked up for 23 hours a day, denied an education and access to social workers and psychologists, and being viciously assaulted.
A damning report by the Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative shows that the Correctional Services Department is in violation of the constitution and of UN conventions on children's rights.
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9 January 2013
Beeld
Schubart Park registrations
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9 January 2013
Pretoria News
An urgent call has been made to former Schubart Park residents who were evicted from their homes more than a year ago to register for occupation when refurbishment of the flats is completed.
The Constitutional Court gave Schubart Park back to its residents.
According to Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), who represented the former residents in their Pretoria High Court and Constitutional Court battles against the Tshwane Metro Council last year, registration will take place between Monday and Friday (January 18).
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4 January 2013
The Zimbabwe Independent
Hundreds of Zimbabwean children are in South Africa detention facilities awaiting deportation and there are reports that they are being held in appalling conditions near Johannesburg and Musina, despite calls from legal and medical human rights groups to improve conditions.
Immigration authorities say about 43 000 Zimbabweans were deported from South Africa in 2012.
Among the deportees were accompanied and unaccompanied minors. Up to 600 unaccompanied minors were sent back to Zimbabwe by South African authorities in 2012.
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