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7 June 2013
Xenophobia attacks in South Africa have not ended, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) said on Friday.
"It has been five years since [2008, when] co-ordinated attacks exploded across the country and led to the deaths of 64 people and the displacement of hundreds of thousands more," the head of LHR's strategic litigation unit, David Cote, said in a statement.
"Although the violence...
7 June 2013
Xenophobia attacks not over
Xenophobia attacks in South Africa have not ended, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) have said.
“It has been five years since (2008, when) coordinated attacks exploded across the country and led to the deaths of 64 people and the displacement of hundreds of thousands more,” the head of LHR’s strategic litigation unit, David Cote, said today.
“...
4 June 2013
One in two South Africans wants foreign migrants to carry their IDs on them at all times and 63 percent of citizens want electrified fences on the country’s borders.
Half of the population also feel that migrants without the required documentation should never receive police protection and 14 percent believe that migrants, regardless of their legal status, enter the country with the...
30 May 2013
Chairperson,
Chairperson of the Select Committee on Social Services Mrs RN Rasmeni MP
National Council of Provinces MPs
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Fatima Chohan MP
Last weekend, under the theme Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance, the African Union and member states marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU).
Many will recall the words of...
20 May 2013
The arms deal commission has been accused of intimidating witnesses by demanding to know how they obtained their documents. The commission warned witnesses that it would not accept unlawfully obtained evidence and that they must state whether their information was classified.
The commission - which was set up by President Jacob Zuma to probe the controversial multibillion-rand arms procurement...
16 May 2013
Laywers for Human Rights are set on paving the way for future land reform and creating a precedent on how displaced communities will settle with support from the government in future.
3 May 2013
Lawyers for Human Rights has scored a first-round victory for the rights of eight children seeking asylum in South Africa, but who have been separated from their parents for various reasons.
The children – aged from six to 16 – may now for the first time enter South Africa’s education system.
30 April 2013
South Africa attracts the largest number of asylum seekers in the world, but grants refugee status to very few of them, ranking only thirty-sixth in the world for the size of its refugee population, which the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) puts at about 58,000.
The Department of Home Affairs, the government ministry tasked with managing the asylum system, approved just 15.5 percent of the applications...
30 April 2013
South Africa attracts the largest number of asylum seekers in the world, but grants refugee status to very few of them, ranking only thirty-sixth in the world for the size of its refugee population, which the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) puts at about 58,000.
The Department of Home Affairs, the government ministry tasked with managing the asylum system, approved just 15.5 percent of the applications...
29 April 2013
When a decision to eradicate hostels around Tshwane was taken, the “good news” was welcomed by those who lived in the hostels and the community alike.
These included hostel dwellers in Mamelodi, Atteridegville and Soshanguve townships.
This was not an isolated project with the provincial government also promising to set the ball rolling to eradicate hostels in Soweto and the...