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2008/04/13

T Mbeki extends deadline for Presidential pardon applications

President Thabo Mbeki has extended the date of applications for Presidential pardon from 15 April to 31 May 2008. This comes after the request for deadline extension from the Multi-Party Reference Group, which will consider applications for pardons and make recommendations to the President. Prospective applicants are urged to hand in their applications to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development within the new deadline. [highlighted result]

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2008/01/24

Justice and Constitutional Development on presidential pardon application forms

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development would like to announce that the process of applying for Presidential Pardons began on 15 January 2008 and is now under way. All qualifying persons wishing to apply for pardons are informed that application forms, which spell out the terms for qualification, are now available at all the courts, correctional facilities such as prisons, Department of Justice and Constitutional Development Regional Offices, and on the websites of the ... [highlighted result]

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2008/01/16

The Presidency on Presidential pardon period

The Presidency wishes to announce the beginning of the period of applications for Presidential pardons for alleged political offences in accordance with President Thabo Mbeki's announcement in Parliament on 21 November 2007. On the other hand, people who have been convicted for sexual offences, domestic violence and any offence referred to in section 13 of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act, 1992, or those whose applications for amnesty were refused by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission'... [highlighted result]

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2008/09/30

K Motlanthe extends date for presidential pardon

Tshwane: President Kgalema Motlanthe has extended the date by which the reference group on the granting of presidential pardons must complete its work from 30 September to 30 November 2008. The former President Thabo Mbeki announced in the National Assembly last year that he was establishing a process to advise him on the granting of the presidential pardons to persons who alleged that they had committed political offences. In terms of this announcement, application for pardons had to be ... [highlighted result]

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2008/01/19

The Presidency on first Reference Group meeting and presidential pardon

The Presidency yesterday met with the Multi-party Reference Group which will consider applications for pardon and advise the President. The purpose of the meeting was to formally constitute the Reference Group and to discuss the Terms of Reference for the Reference Group. Members of the Reference Group acknowledged the serious nature the process and committed to assist the President in dealing with the special process expeditiously. [highlighted result]

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2010/02/04

The Presidency on Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) presidential pardon applications

President Jacob Zuma filed a supplementary affidavit in the matter of Chonco and 383 others, being heard in the Constitutional Court today, 4 February 2010. The case relates to 384 individuals associated with the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) who applied for presidential pardons in 2003, who have asked the Constitutional Court to compel the President to consider their applications. The relief they seek is in fact rendered academic by the fact that the applicants applications have all been ... [highlighted result]

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2010/01/10

Presidency on presidential pardons clarity

The Presidency wishes to clarify that President Jacob Zuma has not at this stage looked at, or considered any of the 300 current applications for pardons that have been brought to the Presidency by the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Development.The ongoing media speculation and reports that he has considered or is about to grant pardon to anyone are incorrect and misleading. As explained in a statement on 6 January 2010, the Presidency has more than 300 applications that are... [highlighted result]

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2010/01/06

Presidency on presidential pardons

The Presidency has noted the media reports and commentary relating to possible presidential pardons.The President of the Republic is empowered by Section 84 (2) (j) of the Constitution to pardon or reprieve offenders. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development routinely receives the applications for processing and forwards these to the Presidency for consideration by the head of state.The President currently has more than 300 applications for pardons awaiting ... [highlighted result]

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2009/06/10

Presidency on Special Presidential Pardons

The Sowetan of 9 June 2009 published an article with the heading alleging that Former President Motlanthe nearly freed racist killers and goes on further to allege that if the former President had his own way the four Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging members would be released from prison.The article is misleading to the public and devoid of any truth.
In reply to the article it is imperative that the procedure regarding the pardoning process in terms of the special dispensation is... [highlighted result]

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