In a landmark judgment handed down today the Constitutional Court upheld the rights of victims of apartheid era abuses, as well as the media and public, to speak the truth about crimes amnestied by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)….
Two years after the completion of a substantial study into violent crime in SA, the government has still not shown any constructive response, writes David Bruce. The government has been far more responsive to the violence impacting on the middle…
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development recently published a list of names of those who have been recommended for special political pardons. The purpose of the publication of these names is to give victims of these crimes an opportunity…
1. The CSVR crime study is of considerable value in taking forward the debate about how to respond to violent crime. The overall 'integrated view' of key aspects of the problem of violence is an important achievement of the study…
1. In February 2007 the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation was contracted by government to carry out a study on the violent nature of crime in South Africa. The study involved the production of six reports over…
The Department of Justice yesterday published the names of 149 convicted persons who have been recommended for a presidential pardon in terms of the Special Dispensation created by former President Mbeki in 2007. The crimes for which the offenders sought…