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30 August 2011
(News)
Evictions are always a prickly issue and the case due before the Constitutional Court next month is no different.The matter comes weeks after the court reserved judg ment in another case, in which it has to decide whether the City of Johannesburg is responsible for providing temporary housing to residents who have been evicted from buildings that they had occupied illegally.
In March this...
29 August 2011
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30 August 2011 - Today, the International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED) joins the families of the disappeared and the whole international community in giving tribute to the world’s thousands of disappeared people. “ For them and because of them and their suffering families, our Coalition exists to knock at doors of all States urging them to sign, ratify and...
23 August 2011
(Press release)
The Constitutional Court today handed down judgment in which it dismissed the application by the Moutse Demarcation Forum challenging the12th Constitutional Amendment Act which removed the Moutse community from Mpumalanga province and placed it in Limpopo province.
The applicants based their challenge on two main points, firstly that the Act itself was irrational in that it...
23 August 2011
(Press release)
22 AUGUST 2011
The Registrar of the Constitutional Court of South Africa has informed us that the Court will hand down its judgment on Tuesday 23 August 2011 at 10:00am in Johannesburg.
The Moutse community approached the court in 2008 in order to challenge the Constitution 12th Amendment Act of 2005 which moved the community from Mpumalanga province to Limpopo province. The...
22 August 2011
(News)
The Times ANDREW MUBAYIWA I A group of asylum- seekers has applied to the High Court in Pretoria for an order directing the Home Affairs ministry to provide adequate refugee reception offices in South Africa, including in Johannesburg. The order - which, if granted, could force an overhaul of a refugee management system that at times borders on dysfunctional - seeks to compel the ministry to...
22 August 2011
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BBC: US border patrol officers stopping men to check their identification near the border of Texas and Mexico The US has increased security in recent years along its shared border with Mexico. Illegal immigrants to the US who pose no threat to the public are likely to have deportation proceedings against them shelved, the Obama administration has announced. Reviews will be conducted of about 300,...
22 August 2011
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New York Times Editorial: The White House has just taken a large step toward a more sensible and lawful policy on illegal immigration. The administration said that it would stop deporting illegal immigrants who pose no threat to public safety or national security so that it can focus on catching and expelling criminals who do.
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18 August 2011
(News)
On the 16th August the Constitutional Court heard argument from LHR and the Centre for Child Law on why sections of the Children's Act that allows for the removal of children without any judicial oversight or notice to the parents is unconstitutional. This follows the controversial raid in 2010 when Tshwane metro officials and social workers randomly removed the children of informal traders and...
18 August 2011
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LA Times Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa-- The young mother crossed the surging Limpopo River, the water up to her neck, like cruel hands trying to drag her under. Other women traveling with her were terrified, screaming, "We're going to die!" Ruvarashe Chibura concentrated all her strength on the little bundle she held high in the air: her 15-month-old baby, Cynthia....
17 August 2011
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Sowetan : An Act protecting children's rights might be changed to give parents and caregivers more voice before children are removed from their care. The Constitutional Court heard yesterday that the Act infringed on the right of the child to family care or parental care. Ann Skelton, of the Centre for Child Law at the University of Pretoria, said parents and caregivers had to be interviewed...