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Social Justice Coalition and Corruption Watch Join Application to Intervene in Richard Mdluli Matter
SAPS Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli. Corruption Watch (CW) and the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) have filed a joint application for leave to intervene as co-applicants in Part B of the matter of Freedom Under Law v National Director of Public Proseuctions, case No. 26912/2012…
Author: Social Justice Coalition
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Fair Representation for All
By Fiona MacLeod WinnerDr Ivan May Memorial AwardProBono.Org When horse-riding instructor and stable manager Gary Allpass won his legal case earlier this year for being unfairly dismissed because he is HIV-positive, he set an important precedent for others in a similar position. His legal representation…
Author: Mail & Guardian Online
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Co-ed classes benefit social learning
By Sinenhlanhla Gumede Keeping girls and boys apart in the classroom may be socially harmful to them, according to several educationists. Despite extensive research suggesting that both sexes do better academically and socially when they learn separately, educationists say mixed classes often adapt better after…
Author: iol
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Zuma's call to nurses
SANDTON – Nurses should invoke the spirits of their noble predecessors Florence Nightingale, Cecilia Makiwane and Henrietta Stockdale and restore the profession to its rightful place in society, President Jacob Zuma told a Nursing Summit. Two thousand nurses from around the country have converged on…
Author: Health-E
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Secrecy Bill open to future abuse
FARANAAZ PARKER Civil society organisations on Wednesday warned that repressive laws, such as the proposed Protection of Information Bill (POI) would come back to haunt the state further down the line. “A Bill, once it’s passed into law, does not stay in the statute books…
Author: Mail & Guardian
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Antenatal HIV prevalence at 'unacceptable' 29%
Original Source HIV prevalence among pregnant women has stabilised at about 29%, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Monday. “The prevalence among women aged 25 and above has stabilised at high and unacceptable levels,” Motsoaledi said in Pretoria, releasing the 2008 results of a survey…
Author: Mail & Guardian Online
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Court Declares home affairs actions in deporting asylum seeker as unlawful
Lawyers for Human Rights is an Atlantic grantee. The South Gauteng High Court today ruled that the deportation of an asylum seeker by the Department of Home Affairs was unlawful, unconstitutional, and invalid, and ordered the Department to pay for and facilitate his return to…
Author: Lawyers for Human Rights
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South Africa: Total Hospital Shutdown in Five Provinces
by Luphert Chilwane Johannesburg — FIVE of the nine provinces experienced a complete shutdown of public hospitals yesterday as the doctors’ strike for a 50% wage increase intensified. Doctors interviewed by telephone said public hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape, the Western Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo…
Author: Business Day
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KZN doctors vow to intensify strike
Striking doctors in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday embarked on a campaign to cajole their counterparts in other parts of the country to join them. The strike over pay and working conditions started in KwaZulu-Natal four days ago and had crippled public health institutions in urban areas…
Author: SAPA
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Court Clears Way for Prosecution of Cases from Apartheid Era in South Africa
The Legal Resources Centre is an Atlantic grantee. A court decision today confirming the obligation of prosecutors in South Africa to investigate cases from the apartheid era, especially those involving persons who have been denied amnesty, will help guarantee justice for victims, the InternationalCenter for…
Author: New Liberian