by rendani | Feb 15, 2016 | General media news, Justice Project, Published cases
“I grew up in prison,” says Thabo Pule, who has been in and out of correctional centres since he was 16 years old. “I was never sentenced for long periods but I was always on trial and would get 5 years and then 3 years and then 5 again since 1998.” Then, last year...
by Claire Lowen | Nov 20, 2009 | Published cases
20 November 2009 – On Tuesday this week prisoners’ rights activist Golden Miles Bhudu arrived unnoticed at the South Gauteng High Court in downtown Johannesburg, clutching a sheaf of papers. Masibulele Yaso and Jeremy Gordin write for the Mail &...
by Claire Lowen | Oct 9, 2009 | Published cases
12 October 2009 – The South African Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR) has slammed the “shoot to kill slogan” saying this is a government strategy to avoid “the root causes of crime.” Masibulele Yaso writes for Times Live....
by Claire Lowen | Sep 2, 2009 | Published cases
2 September 2009 – Gardener wrongly accused of assault is lucky to be a free man, writes Jeremy Gordin. If it had not been for a concerned employer and a committed attorney, Pedro Maboya, 35, would have been jailed for six months in Johannesburg’s...
by Claire Lowen | Aug 24, 2009 | Published cases
24 August 2009 -The book of Proverbs says that the value of a woman of worth is far above rubies – and hijacking-accused Prince Molefe certainly believes that this is true of his girlfriend Karen Bosman, write Masibulele Yaso and Jeremy Gordin for the Sunday...
