SA will not extradite murderers to Botswana
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
*The Minister of Home Affairs and others Tsebe and others & Ex Parte Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development
and another v Tsebe
On July 27, 2012, the Constitutional Court handed down a judgment in two similar cases dealing with the issue of whether the South African government is entitled to deport or extradite a person charged with a capital offence in a country seeking his extradition, after having sought and been refused a written assurance from the extraditing state that the death penalty will not be imposed, or, if imposed, will not be executed
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...