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ARTICLE: LANGUAGES, JUSTICE AND THE COURTS: A MISINTERPRETATION

interpreters - foterAccording to media reports, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is getting ready to introduce indigenous language courts “in an attempt to speed up justice” and “make courts more accessible”.

A pilot project for indigenous language courts was run in 2009, but was stopped after an assessment by the Department. The Department stated last month that it was reopening the project.

According to the Department, the objective is to introduce and promote the use of indigenous languages in a few courts, then to expand to other courts.

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ARTICLE: 50/50 DOWN ON THE FARMS

minister-nkwinti-foterThe Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) has just published its final policy proposals on land reform titled “Strengthening the Relative Rights of People Working the Land“.

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ARTICLE: THE URGENT NEED FOR ECONOMIC LITERACY

zuma-world-economic-forumIn a recent article (abridged in the Cape Times, 20 January 2014) Professor Jane Duncan pointed to the fact that although socialist ideas are widely espoused by the masses there is little reference to socialism in most of our media. She says that objective viewers “would probably conclude that socialism was consigned to the dustbin of politically bankrupt ideas long ago.”

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ARTICLE: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FRIENDSHIP 2013: A CULTURE OF PEACE

friendship dayThis year ­‐ on 30 July -­ we celebrate International Day of Friendship. The day is based not only on the recognition of friendship in the general sense but also the relevance and importance that friendship is something more and noble, and embodies a valuable sentiment in the lives of human beings around the world.

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