In the media
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23 November 2012
SW Radio Africa
The South African government could soon face being charged with contempt of court, as part of an ongoing battle by human rights groups to stop the closure of refugee reception offices across the country.
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22 November 2012
Daily Maverick
More than 80 houses have been demolished in Lenasia and hundreds more Gauteng residents appear to be facing a similar demolitions. GREG NICOLSON examines the morality of the government taking back land illegally sold by corrupt officials.
Six hundred residents in Debonair Park have been given until 30 November by the Ensuleni Municipality to leave their land, which the council says was purchased illegally.
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22 November 2012
Talk Radio 702
You may need: Adobe Flash Player. LHR's Nathaniah Jacobs, attorney with the Land and Housing Unit, on Talk Radio 702 discussing the ConCourt ruling that the City of Joburg had to give temporary land to squatters evicted from empty land in Marlboro.
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22 November 2012
The Star
In a landmark judgment, the Constitution Court ruled yesterday that the City of Joburg had to give temporary land to squatters evicted from empty land in Marlboro, but it also had to provide them with materials to rebuild their shacks.
About 141 families were evicted earlier this year and moved to a nearby tented transit camp.
The court ruled that should the two portions of land in Marlboro where the squatters were living not be sufficient for them, the city would have to identify additional land on which to relocate the remaining families.
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22 November 2012
Eyewitness News
You may need: Adobe Flash Player. Attorney with LHR's Land and Housing Unit, Nathaniah Jacobs, speaks to Eyewitness News about the ConCourt victory on the Marlboro evictions.
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13 November 2012
Voice of Wits
What is Acid Mine Drainage and how does it affect you? As no doubt one community in a tiny Mpumalanga Town of Carolina has come to know a little bit better about Acid Mine Drainage as this phenomenon impacted heavily on their right potable drinking water.
We shall discuss the Carolina issue as part of our discussion tonight as we are joined in the studio by the co-ordinator for the Environmental Rights Project at Lawyers for Human Rights Emma Algotsson.
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5 November 2012
Pretoria News
Hot on the heels of their recent Constitutional Court triumph, Lawyers for Human Rights scored another victory in the Pretoria High Court last week in a case in which a group of families was seeking to establish permanent residency on a piece of land in Bronkhorstspruit.
About 100 families, mostly farmworkers, have been sent from pillar to post in the past, as they have on numerous occasions been evicted from the land where they settled.
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4 November 2012
IOL online
The South African Human Rights Commission has turned to the courts to stop the Department of Home Affairs from deporting 33 asylum seekers currently in detention in the country’s repatriation centre.
The commission filed the urgent application in the Johannesburg High Court on Saturday morning, after it was informed that the detainees would be deported.
The matter will be heard on Tuesday.
The 33 are part of a group of 39 migrants who have been held at the Lindela Repatriation Centre.
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19 September 2012
Sowetan
Home Affairs officials should be held personally responsible for the department's failure to implement court orders, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) said.
"The court should hold home affairs officials personally responsible for court orders that are not followed," said LHR attorney Thandeka Duma.
Duma said home affairs routinely detained people improperly and fought efforts to get them released.
She said this forced LHR to appeal to the courts, where they won about 95 percent of their cases.
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12 August 2012
SABC Digital news
Lawyers for Human Rights has sought an urgent court interdict to halt evictions in Alexandra, North of Johannesburg. It says the City of Johannesburg's actions are unlawful and unconstitutional. They want temporary shelter as an interim measure.
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