Cabinet announced in a statement yesterday that the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Xenophobic Violence will continue to monitor the situation around the country “to ensure that no further incidents or threats of violence take place”. Cabinet again called on South Africans to ‘say no to xenophobia’. The IMC was reactivated following reports by CoRMSA and [...]
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development has called for submissions on the new Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill. The Bill seeks to introduce South Africa’s first piece of legislation on trafficking. Submissions must be sent to vramaano@parliament.gov.za before 12pm on 20th August 2010. The Bill is available at http://www.pmg.org.za/bill/20100129-prevention-and-combating-trafficking-persons-bill-b7-2010 Further information on [...]