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Local NGO Khulisa’s out-of-the-box programme on restorative justice has been exported to the UK, and is now part of a package of programmes being successfully implemented by an independent registered charity.
• SA’s gallows now instrument of healing

The backlog of criminal trials dependent on forensic evidence is set to be reduced in the Western Cape with the opening of a new state-of-the-art forensic science laboratory.
• Drive to make all cops tops

How much do you know about South Africa's history at the Olympics? Brad Morgan brings you the records and the trivia in the second of three articles covering the 18 Olympic Games the country has competed in.

South Africa will spend more money on training the country's police officers in investigative skills to raise the conviction rate against serious offenders. Last year, over 18 000 officers were trained in the law regarding victim empowerment, child justice, human rights, domestic violence and sexual offences.

Child Protection Week, which started on Monday 28 May and was launched by President Jacob Zuma in the Northern Cape, is aimed at making all South Africans aware of their role in honouring children and the rights they should enjoy.
• Spotlight on SA's street children

The South African government takes the fight against crime and corruption extremely seriously, President Jacob Zuma said in his State of the Nation debate reply, noting that the country's Anti-Corruption Task Team is successfully tackling graft in both the public and private sectors.

During the Rhino Summit held in Pretoria in early October, Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica reiterated her department’s commitment to bringing poachers to book. Read her keynote speech.
• Wildlife poachers to be taken down

Lesley-Ann van Selm has won a social entrepreneurship award for her Khulisa crime prevention initiative, which works with offenders in communities to make restitution, restore personal pride, prevent recidivism and provide alternatives to gangs, drugs and crime.

Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has announced a R5.4-billion allocation for the overhaul of South Africa's criminal justice system.

In January 2009 rally drivers will embark on a race across three Southern African countries – without a drop of petrol in their tanks. The Zero Rally Africa is only open to cars that run on alternative sources of fuel.