Wed 24 Dec 2003 |
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Victims have not yet received R30 000 |
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Written by Independent Online
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Khulumani Support Group announced that not one of its members have so far received the R30 000 reparation amount announced by government. |
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Sun 16 Nov 2003 |
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Reparation payment regulations published |
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Written by Independent Online
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Regulations published in the government gazette on Friday paved the way for the payment of reparation grants of R30 000 to the 22 000 victims identified by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) process. The regulations stipulate to whom reparation grants will be paid. |
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Sun 09 Nov 2003 |
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Judge Sprizzo on possible dismissal of lawsuit |
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Judge John Sprizzo harshly told the plaintiffs' lawyers that they had failed to make a convincing case that the companies had "aided and abetted" crimes of the apartheid regime. Sprizzo said he would make a written judgment at a later date. But several of his comments in court indicated he would grant the companies' motion to dismiss the suits. |
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Fri 07 Nov 2003 |
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Judge Sprizzo indicates possibility of "smaller suits" |
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Judge Sprizzo left open the possibility that smaller suits could be filed. |
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Fri 07 Nov 2003 |
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Defendants make use of government's stance |
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The South African government's opposition to the US-based apartheid reparation lawsuits formed a substantial part of the argument yesterday by lawyers for multinational companies that the cases should be dismissed. |
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Thu 23 Oct 2003 |
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Demonstrations in support of Khulumani case |
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Civil organisations supporting Khulumani's apartheid reparations law suits will be holding demonstrations in the days leading up to the New York hearing. |
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Wed 22 Oct 2003 |
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ExxonMobil on apartheid lawsuits |
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Written by Independent Online
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A ExxonMobil spokesperson described the apartheid lawsuits as "...not helping... eceonomic development of the nation." |
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Tue 21 Oct 2003 |
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Apartheid Lawsuit: Khulumani Advocate arrives |
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The multinational companies currently being sued in the United States by the non-profit Khulumani Support Group were not merely doing business in apartheid South Africa, they were knowingly aiding, abetting and in effect sustaining the racist regime. So says US attorney Michael Hausfeld, who lodged the so-called apartheid lawsuit in New York on behalf of some 82 members of the Khulumani group. He was briefing the media in Johannesburg on Monday at the start of a three-day visit to meet with alleged victims. |
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Mon 20 Oct 2003 |
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Khulumani suit not a class action like Fagan's |
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Khulumani says the South African government has incorrectly lumped together its reparation lawsuit with that of Ed Fagan's in rejecting all apartheid reparation lawsuits out of hand. |
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Mon 20 Oct 2003 |
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Hausfeld explains Khulumani case |
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US attorney Michael Hausfeld says the multinational companies being sued in the United States by the Khulumani Support Group were not merely doing business in apartheid South Africa, they were knowingly aiding, abetting and in effect sustaining the racist regime. |
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