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Section 27 welcomes release of Fees Must Fall activist Kanya Cekeshe
Cekeshe was released from the Leeuwkop Correctional Services on Tuesday morning after being one of the inmates granted remissions by the president on Reconciliation Day.
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The chains have fallen: Kanya Cekeshe is free
The student activist has been behind bars since December 2017, serving an eight-year sentence for damage to property and public violence during the Fees Must Fall protests in 2016.
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Parole board to decide on granting Kanya Cekeshe parole – Justice Dept
Cekeshe was one of the inmates whose sentence was reduced by 12 months after President Cyril Ramaphosa granted remissions to thousands of prisoners on Reconciliation Day.
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Student activist Kanya Cekeshe will apply for parole - Lawyer
Cekeshe is now eligible for parole after President Cyril Ramaphosa granted him a 12-month remission on his sentence.
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'They were all in tears': Kanya Cekeshe’s family elated over parole news
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola on Sunday announced that Cekeshe qualified for parole but would not confirm whether the activist would receive a presidential pardon.
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Fees Must Fall activist Kanya Cekeshe qualifies for parole - minister
Minister Lamola announced that thousands of offenders would be considered for pardons and remissions from 16 December to mark Reconciliation Day.
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Kanya Cekeshe's mental health taking tremendous strain - lawyer
Kanya Cekeshe was released from hospital on Sunday night after being admitted for mental health issues.
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SHAEERA KALLA: I didn't get what I needed from Mbete interview
Our leaders are incapable of holding themselves accountable and hide behind the facade that it is their job to hold someone else responsible, writes Shaeera Kalla.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Renewed citizen activism critical in SA
‘What is the work for us to do?’ That is both an individual and collective question for each one of us as we try to create a country which is more just and more equal, writes Judith February.
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DA: Lamola must return to private practice over Cekeshe pardon offer
There has been mixed reaction from opposition MPs on the pronouncement by Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola that he was willing to help convicted Fees Must Fall activists apply for presidential pardons.
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DA: Lamola is showing contempt for courts in Kanya Cekeshe matter
Cekeshe’s bail and application for leave to appeal his conviction and sentence were dismissed at the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on Monday.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: The double-edged sword of Kanya Cekeshe's case
The Fees Must Fall activist is at once an example of our hollow democracy and how successful violence as a language of persuading the state has become, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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Family 'disappointed' after Kanya Cekeshe’s bail denied
The Johannesburg Magistrates Court has refused him to grant him leave to appeal his conviction.
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CARTOON: Heroes to Zeros
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Kanya Cekeshe’s lawyers to lodge another bail application
Cekeshe’s lawyers were adamant that the Magistrates Court was wrong by refusing to grant him leave to appeal his conviction. His new legal team contended that he was misled by an inexperienced lawyer.
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Police deployed in Joburg CBD as EFF members protest Cekeshe appeal ruling
This comes after the Johannesburg Magistrates Court denied Fees Must Fall activist Kanya Cekeshe leave to appeal his conviction and eight-year sentence.
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Lamola to 'urgently assist' Kanya Cekeshe to apply for presidential pardon
This comes after the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on Monday dismissed an application by Cekeshe for leave to appeal against his 2017 conviction for public violence and malicious damage to property.
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Fees Must Fall activist Kanya Cekeshe to learn his fate
In 2017, Cekeshe was sentenced to eight years in jail - with three years suspended - for malicious damage to property after he was found guilty of setting alight a police vehicle.
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Court reserves judgment in Kanya Cekeshe case
The Johannesburg Magistrates Court reserved judgment in the case of convicted Fees Must Fall activist Kanya Cekeshe.
