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News for the year: 2014

Need that bullet removed from your arm? Then show us your papers
27 December 2014
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South Africa's controversial new asylum form
12 December 2014
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Arms deal middleman takes dig at inquiry
12 December 2014
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Press release: "We fear the worst": Breaking the cycle of violence and impunity in South Sudan to prevent chaos
9 December 2014
(Press release)
Keynote address by Zwelinzima Vavi, Cosatu General Secretary, to the World Social Forum on Migration
8 December 2014
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Police fire rubber bullets at Ivanhoe mine protesters
8 December 2014
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ORAM congratulates EU Court of Justice for landmark decision on credibility assessment in LGBTI asylum claims
3 December 2014
(Press release)
Love in exile
2 December 2014
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Refugee dies after SA hospital denies treatment, citing health act
28 November 2014
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Organisations allege dreadful conditions at Pollsmoor awaiting trial facility
28 November 2014
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STATEMENT: South Africa is Ferguson; Ferguson is South Africa
28 November 2014
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Press release: Victory for Vaal communities as Supreme Court of Appeal orders ArcelorMittal to release environmental records
26 November 2014
(Press release)
Refugee dies before court challenge
25 November 2014
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Foreign national dies before receiving life-saving chronic treatment
25 November 2014
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Press statement: Refugee dies pending outcome of urgent court application
25 November 2014
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LHR welcomes the promise of change at Marabastad Refugee Reception Office
21 November 2014
(Press release)
Groups commemorate 25th anniversary of the CRC by urging end to child immigration detention
21 November 2014
(Press release)
The Sowetan newspaper issues apology
19 November 2014
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PTA residents up in arms about CPF frisk routines
19 November 2014
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FIDH South Sudan Brief: “We fear the worst” - Breaking the cycle of violence and impunity in South Sudan to prevent chaos
13 November 2014
(Press release)
Home Affairs unmoved by report on new visa rules
13 November 2014
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How will the UNHCR’s statelessness campaign affect Africa?
13 November 2014
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Shaik denies arms deal wrongdoing
13 November 2014
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Chippy Shaik brings renewed interest to arms deal
11 November 2014
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Press statement: DMR grants Platreef mining execution in Mokopane while countless host community members' concerns still not answered
10 November 2014
(Press release)
Mad Hatters rule in Swaziland court
10 November 2014
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Chippy Shaik brings renewed interest to arms deal
10 November 2014
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Chippy unlikely to get a shakedown at arms deal commission
10 November 2014
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LHR is hiring: Programme manager - Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme
6 November 2014
(Press release)
Zimbabweans applying for extended special visas
6 November 2014
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MPs alarmed that four prison projects are still incomplete, years after due dates
6 November 2014
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Death penalty: It’s not even the beginning of a solution
5 November 2014
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UNHCR announces push to end statelessness worldwide by end-2024
4 November 2014
(Press release)
Home affairs trampled immigrant rights – judge
3 November 2014
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Press release: Home Affairs reports back on how it is responding to Edwin Samotse¹s unlawful deportation to Botswana
31 October 2014
(Press release)
South Africa health system shuns asylum seekers
31 October 2014
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LHR welcomes Zim torture decision
31 October 2014
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Cops to comply with Zim torture ruling
31 October 2014
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Police ‘have to probe torture in Zimbabwe’
31 October 2014
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Zimbabwe Torture Case: Victory in the Constitutional Court
30 October 2014
(Press release)
Press release: LHR welcomes ruling compelling SAPS to investigate crimes against humanity in Zimbabwe
30 October 2014
(Press release)
Concourt: SA police obliged to probe Zim torture
30 October 2014
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SAHRC invited to set up shop in Lindela
22 October 2014
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Press statement: LHR responds to detention of immigrants at police stations and SAPS’ incorrect interpretation of immigration laws
21 October 2014
(Press release)
Two more arms deal critics refuse to testify
21 October 2014
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Arms deal critic Van Vuuren keeps silent
21 October 2014
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Arms deal critic warned on refusal to testify
21 October 2014
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Inquiry puts whistleblowers on trial
21 October 2014
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Statement by Hennie van Vuuren at Arms Procurement Commission on 20 October 2014
20 October 2014
(Press release)
Botswana tells red-faced SA it won't spare the noose
17 October 2014
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Refugees: Out of the frying pan and into the fire of South Africa’s healthcare system
17 October 2014
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Arms deal offsets 'seriously flawed'
17 October 2014
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Statement on allegations made against the Wits Justice Project at the Oscar Pistorius sentencing hearing
17 October 2014
(Press release)
Police fail to investigate prison assaults
16 October 2014
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Do not let fantasies detract from the depth of corruption, write Feinstein, Holden and van Vuuren
16 October 2014
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Arms deal group condemns 'racist' commission statements
15 October 2014
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FACTSHEET: The new special dispensation permit and what it means for Zimbabweans in SA
14 October 2014
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Zimbabwe Special Permit Update: 41 000 permits approved after 1 Oct start date
14 October 2014
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Scaling Lindela's security barrier
10 October 2014
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Waiting for change at Lindela
10 October 2014
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Hunger strikers: 'They shot us in the head at Lindela'
10 October 2014
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Information on the Zimbabwe Special Permits
8 October 2014
(Press release)
Arms deal truth must out
8 October 2014
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Ivanhoe blasts media report alleging South African transgressions
8 October 2014
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Court victory for asylum seekers
7 October 2014
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Arms deal fraudulent from start - activist
7 October 2014
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Friedland's SA platinum project faces local challenge
7 October 2014
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South Africa refugees deprived of education
6 October 2014
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Botswana/South Africa: Edwin Samotse faces possible execution in secrecy
2 October 2014
(Press release)
‘Fixer’ could tell all about Zuma
2 October 2014
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Arms Deal inquiry warns detractors
2 October 2014
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Court defends rights of foreigners
30 September 2014
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Seriti arms deal inquiry 'has failed'
30 September 2014
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Zuma allegedly encouraged arms deal probe to leverage bribes
29 September 2014
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Joint statement: Why the Arms Deal Commission must be dissolved
29 September 2014
(Press release)
SCA upholds appeal in Somali Association of South Africa & 5 Others v LEDET, Minister of Police, Minister of Home Affairs and Others
26 September 2014
(Press release)
Judgment to be handed down by SCA in Somali Association of South Africa & 5 Others v LEDET, Minister of Police, Minister of Home Affairs and Others
25 September 2014
(Press release)
Parliament calls on Government to implement the SAHRC's recommendations on Lindela
25 September 2014
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Joint Civil Society Statement on the SAHRC's Lindela Report
25 September 2014
(Press release)
Home affairs must know the law - Gigaba
23 September 2014
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SAHRC Investigates access to and quality of health care at Lindela
19 September 2014
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Press statement: Court Reserves Judgment in Botswana Deportation Case to Tuesday 23 September 2014 at 10:00am
19 September 2014
(Press release)
Press statement: Botswana Deportation Application Stood Down until Thursday 18 September 2014 at 10am
18 September 2014
(Press release)
Press Release: LHR appeals high court dismissal of Somali Association of South Africa & 5 Others v Limpopo Department of Economic Development, the Environment and Tourism and 9 Others
17 September 2014
(Press release)
Press statement: Mokopane Communities in the dark about benefits from Ivanplats’ BBBEE transaction
16 September 2014
(Press release)
Arms deal critics face criminal action if they shun Seriti
16 September 2014
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The life-or-death case you’d have missed on #OscarDay: Human rights, the law and Home Affairs
11 September 2014
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Death penalty bungle
10 September 2014
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Press release: Public violence charges withdrawn against Rustenburg mineworkers
9 September 2014
(Press release)
Home Affairs inquires illegal deportation
9 September 2014
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Deported Botswana national ‘in danger’
8 September 2014
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Deported Botswana national ‘in danger’
8 September 2014
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Botswana man’s deportation probed
8 September 2014
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'South Africa hospital saved my life': Somali girl
5 September 2014
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Press statement: Home Affairs thwarts law again – deports Botswana national at risk of death penalty
4 September 2014
(Press release)
Seriti commission to subpoena arms deal critics
4 September 2014
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Modise's family gun for the wrong man at arms commission
4 September 2014
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Arms deal critics lose faith in inquiry, decline to testify
29 August 2014
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Arms commission mulls critics’ withdrawal
29 August 2014
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Key witnesses quit arms deal probe, citing 'second agenda'
28 August 2014
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Media Statement: Withdrawal from the Arms Procurement Commission
28 August 2014
(Press release)
Press statement: Feinstein, Holden and van Vuuren withdraw from Seriti Commission of Inquiry
28 August 2014
(Press release)
Press statement: LHR welcomes sentencing of Tshwane metro police officer found guilty of kidnapping and assault
22 August 2014
(Press release)
Leeuwkop Max C: Inmates claim abuse and torture, turn to courts for relief
22 August 2014
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Joint media release: LHR and CER ask ministers to address health risks posed by North West water quality
14 August 2014
(Press release)
Press statement: Lawyers for Human Rights responds to new Zimbabwe permit announcement
12 August 2014
(Press release)
Refugee school fights for survival
11 August 2014
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So farce, so good: Zuma and the arms deal
11 August 2014
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SALC statement on Swazi prime minister’s comments threatening civil society activists
8 August 2014
(Press release)
Quitting Seriti commission: Arms deal 'letter bomb'
8 August 2014
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Did Parliament really sign off on the arms deal?
7 August 2014
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Prison corruption taking us backwards
6 August 2014
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Somali girl still awaits heart op
6 August 2014
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“My whole life has come to a standstill because of these court officials”
5 August 2014
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When perpetrator becomes victim: reports on torture in South Africa
5 August 2014
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Open letter to the US and heads of African state and governments
1 August 2014
(Press release)
Arms Deal: seven facts that aren’t going away
31 July 2014
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Joint media statement: Civil society organisations condemn unreasonable sentence of prominent Swaziland activists
25 July 2014
(Press release)
Arms deal commission phase two: Enter the whistle-blowers
21 July 2014
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Zim braced for wave of deportees
21 July 2014
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Seriti: Mbeki denies knowing about international investigations
19 July 2014
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Somali girl to receive medical treatment in SA
19 July 2014
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Somali girl to get life-saving treatment
19 July 2014
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Why arms not ARVs, Mbeki asked
19 July 2014
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Mbeki denies arms deal hurt Aids patients
19 July 2014
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Press release: LHR and Steve Biko Hospital reach agreement on treatment for 12-year-old asylum-seeker
18 July 2014
(Press release)
Hospital to dying child: No papers, no cash? No treatment
18 July 2014
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Somali refugee girl needs urgent op
18 July 2014
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No heart surgery for ailing girl
18 July 2014
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Press release: LHR disappointed by guilty verdict in case of Thulani Maseko and Bhekithemba Makhubu
17 July 2014
(Press release)
Arms deal: Was Thabo Mbeki complicit?
17 July 2014
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Justice minister offers petty criminals a carrot
17 July 2014
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Victims to be videolinked to parole cases
17 July 2014
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Urgent press release: LHR seeks urgent medical treatment for gravely ill 12-year-old asylum-seeker
16 July 2014
(Press release)
Red Ants will have to issue 48-hour eviction notices
15 July 2014
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Press statement: LHR appalled by arrest of over 100 community healthcare workers and TAC members
11 July 2014
(Press release)
New SA visa rules force 250 000 Zimbabweans to decide on returning home
11 July 2014
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Why "Prime Evil" should be released: Rights lawyer
11 July 2014
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Poor are entitled to a fair trial
10 July 2014
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Press statement: Community organisation appeals against Platreef Resources’ mining right
8 July 2014
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SA adopts stateless baby
8 July 2014
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Press release: High court recognises child as stateless and declares her to be a SA citizen
7 July 2014
(Press release)
Bribes under spotlight in arms probe
7 July 2014
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Refugee children win right to learn
7 July 2014
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“All I want is some recognition”
7 July 2014
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Mbeki to testify at arms inquiry
4 July 2014
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Arms deal 'critics' face new challenges at commission hearings
3 July 2014
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The arms deal: Does anybody still care?
2 July 2014
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Any place but home for record number of people
27 June 2014
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Policing in South Africa: it doesn't have to be the low road
27 June 2014
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SABC Newsroom - 26 June 2014
26 June 2014
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Treated like scum
23 June 2014
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Business as usual in Leeuhof Prison
22 June 2014
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Press release: World Refugee Day witnesses rise in xenophobic tensions across South Africa
20 June 2014
(Press release)
Lawyers want access to arms deal docs
19 June 2014
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PRESS RELEASE: Setting the record straight on access to key evidence from the Arms Procurement Commission
18 June 2014
(Press release)
Arms deal politicians stick to guns
15 June 2014
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Inside cell 14
15 June 2014
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Manuel denies wrongdoing comment claim
13 June 2014
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Manuel concludes arms deal evidence
13 June 2014
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State ‘made sure it could afford arms deal’
12 June 2014
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Lekota rejects assertion that ANC benefited from arm deals
11 June 2014
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Chippy Shaik's minutes: Why did we buy Hawk jets?
11 June 2014
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Minutes in arms deal missing
11 June 2014
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Human rights lawyers take on Judge Willie Seriti
11 June 2014
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The arms deal affordability report: What did the ministers know?
10 June 2014
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Kasrils refuses to answer for Modise's arms deal decisions
9 June 2014
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Arms deal: Kasrils denies responsibility
9 June 2014
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Radio Today: New immigration regulations
9 June 2014
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Home Affairs list the details of the new Visa Facilitation Centres
6 June 2014
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Call for fairness at arms deal probe
6 June 2014
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Swazi human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko's statement
5 June 2014
(Press release)
Press release: LHR challenges constitutionality of detention procedures at Lindela Repatriation Centre
5 June 2014
(Press release)
Thulani Maseko takes swipe at judiciary, chief justice
5 June 2014
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Arms transparency can backfire
4 June 2014
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Zimbabweans face permit backlog
3 June 2014
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No learning for orphans
3 June 2014
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Court action looms for Department of Home Affairs
3 June 2014
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Arms deal commission unlikely to shed further light
2 June 2014
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Lawyers plan to contest new immigration laws
29 May 2014
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Arms deal critics accuse commission of holding up process
29 May 2014
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Arms deal lawyers complain of red tape, obstructions
29 May 2014
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Lawyers 'denied cross-examination of witness'
29 May 2014
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PRESS RELEASE: Arms Deal Commission continues prejudicial procedures
28 May 2014
(Press release)
What 'Chippy' Shaik did in the arms deal according to a former Rear Admiral
28 May 2014
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Admiral who got arms company job denies graft
28 May 2014
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No learning for orphans
27 May 2014
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Arms Procurement Commission: Big guns, finally out in the open
23 May 2014
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A solidarity jazz concert at The ORBIT
21 May 2014
(Press release)
SA police fight order to probe crimes against humanity in Zim
20 May 2014
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SA police ‘powerless’ to probe foreign crimes
20 May 2014
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Concourt hears arguments in Zim torture case
20 May 2014
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Arms deal to hot up with Mbeki, Manuel's testimony
19 May 2014
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Advisory: Zimbabwe torture docket case heads to ConCourt
16 May 2014
(Press release)
Arms deal ‘fraud, manipulation’ exposed
16 May 2014
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Bosses ‘flouted’ trusted system
15 May 2014
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Refugees on the poll agenda
8 May 2014
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Cape Town harbour ‘nerve centre’ opens
5 May 2014
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Mbeki to testify before arms deal commission
29 April 2014
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Doing the sums on the arms deal
23 April 2014
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Arms deal documents nightmare
23 April 2014
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Calls mount for Apartheid looters to be held accountable
22 April 2014
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Overstay and face ban, warns Home Affairs
15 April 2014
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Seriti commission: Aboobaker's resignation won't affect commission
14 April 2014
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Arms deal cost R46bn, Treasury reveals
10 April 2014
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South Africa: Regional leader or xenophobe?
10 April 2014
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Torture of suspects, prisoners on the rise
3 April 2014
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New Births and Deaths Regulations in force since 1 March 2014
27 March 2014
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TB rampant in South African prisons
27 March 2014
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Draft immigration regulations: Cross-border complexity
24 March 2014
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Press statement: Lawyers for Human Rights alarmed by irregular arrests and detentions in Swaziland
20 March 2014
(Press release)
A sick system abuses its refugees
16 March 2014
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Tighter immigration rules could harm asylum seekers, gay couples
13 March 2014
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Carolina residents urged to use tap water following contamination
13 March 2014
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Draft rules for refugees ‘harsh and impractical’
10 March 2014
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Arms deal critic stymied by Catch-22 rules
9 March 2014
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Press statement: Carolina borehole water contaminated
6 March 2014
(Press release)
Carolina se boorgate is besoedel
6 March 2014
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Armscor defends its counter-trade deals
5 March 2014
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Stateless and stuck in limbo
4 March 2014
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Judge disappointed at another arms-deal commission delay
4 March 2014
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The struggle for the truth continues
1 March 2014
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Press statement: Outcome of press briefing by Andrew Feinstein and Hennie van Vuuren
28 February 2014
(Press release)
Feinstein launches arms deal salvo
27 February 2014
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Arms Deal critics to ensure that bribe recipients in the arms deal are brought to book
27 February 2014
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Arms deal critics: Seriti commission must continue
27 February 2014
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Arms deal critics are optimistic
27 February 2014
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Arms probe questioning inadequate, say critics
27 February 2014
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Witnesses query arms deal inquiry
27 February 2014
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Andrew Feinstein: 'Still to early to have commission scrapped'
27 February 2014
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Senior arms deal counsellor retracts resignation
25 February 2014
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Seriti probe's cautious style risks hiding dirty secrets
23 February 2014
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Thousands of duplicate SA ID documents invalidated
21 February 2014
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Lawyers’ fees under the spotlight
21 February 2014
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Editorial: Shut down the arms deal farce
21 February 2014
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Secret documents haunt arms deal commission
19 February 2014
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Human Rights lawyers demands access to top secret Arms contracts
19 February 2014
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Arms deal inquiry hits a wall
19 February 2014
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Erwin not cross-examined on arms deal as contracts still secret
19 February 2014
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Immigrants to SA have a torrid time
19 February 2014
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Press release: Key Arms Deal documents remain hidden from public view
18 February 2014
(Press release)
In hindsight, arms deal was not total success - Erwin
18 February 2014
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Erwin’s arms deal offset flop
17 February 2014
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Arms deal postponement exposes commission's flaws
17 February 2014
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Court ruling - TUT must explain contempt
5 February 2014
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GroundUp: Home Affairs uses ‘sad and bad’ court ruling against refugees
5 February 2014
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Police appeal against order to investigate Zimbabwe crimes
4 February 2014
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TUT students vow to stage mass protest
3 February 2014
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Press statement: TUT in contempt of court order allowing students to return to residences
3 February 2014
(Press release)
Refugee mental health programme extended
26 January 2014
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PRESS STATEMENT: Tshwane metro officer convicted of kidnapping and assault of Zimbabwean street traders
24 January 2014
(Press release)
Soweto unrest shows lack of compassion for foreigners, says LHR
24 January 2014
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'Lack of compassion for foreigners'
24 January 2014
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Press release: SALC/ZEF challenge appeal against investigation into crimes against humanity in Zimbabwe
22 January 2014
(Press release)
SA accused of 'abusing' courts after fresh torture case appeal
22 January 2014
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Govt owns up to land reform failures
10 January 2014
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