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Why so violent?
In a time before the pandemic, South Africa could easily have been classed among the most violent societies. As a nation in lockdown, we are now informed that ...
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A Missed Opportunity: President Ramaphosa Signs The IPID Amendment Bill Into Law
In this brief, Kimera Chetty discusses the significance of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Amendment Bill which was recently signed into law ...
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HSF back in Court over Hawks Amendments
This Brief outlines the HSF’s impending court challenge over the South African Police Service Amendment Act.
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Suspension of the National Head of the Hawks
The HSF has approached the High Court in Pretoria to declare invalid the suspension of the National Head of the Hawks and the appointment of an Acting Head.
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Press Release - The Unlawful Suspension of the National Head of the Hawks
This morning judgment was handed down in the Pretoria High Court by Prinsloo J following an urgent application brought by the HSF in the wake of the suspension ...
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The Hawks and the Alleged Zimbabwean Rendition: Let the Courts Decide
The recent unlawful suspension of senior Hawks officials has centered on alleged renditions of Zimbabwean Foreign Nationals and the Reports made by the ...
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A Brief History of the HSF and the Hawks
A summary of the HSF's legal interventions regarding the Hawks.
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The Hawks And The Alleged Zimbabwean Rendition II – The Two Independent Police Investigation Directorate Reports
This brief compares the IPID 1 & IPID 2 reports
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Nothing Is "In Place" At The Hawks
The Helen Suzman Foundation responds to assertions of normality at the Hawks.
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REFLECTING ON THE CRIMINAL REGULATION OF MARIJUANA: Cancer, drugs and the long arm of the law
On more than one occasion Helen Suzman spoke out against arbitrary and abusive laws criminalising the production and use of marijuana. In this series of ...
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