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South Africa: 1. Please provide information on crime by black South Africans which is directed towards white South Africans. 2. Please provide information on relevant crime rates in Pretoria as compared to other major South African cities to assist me to consider the question of relocation. 3. Is state protection available for whites and white women? 4. Do police have the resources and ability to protect citizens? 5. Is there any information in relation to the claim that "there is a racial war (or genocide) going on"?

4 March 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

South Africa: 1. Please provide detailed information on the structure, organisation and effectiveness of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and other law enforcement bodies. Please include information on bodies or organisations with responsibility to oversee or hold the police accountable, as well as South Africa's judicial system. 2. Please provide detailed information on measures adopted by the South African authorities to combat family violence and protect victims. 3. Please provide detailed information on whether protection is available to all South Africans, regardless of their race, gender or HIV status. 4. Please provide detailed information on the level of public and private care and on-going treatment available to people with positive HIV status both in rural and urban centres, particularly in Cape Town. Please include information on recent changes in the attitude of the South African government towards HIV sufferers. 5. Please provide detailed information on the attitude of South Africans towards those with positive HIV status. Is there any evidence to suggest those sufferers are subjected to serious harm? 6. Please provide detailed information on xenophobic attacks on South Asians, particularly Indians, and Pakistanis, in South Africa. Please include information on the government's response and whether attacks, if any, have been geographically confined

25 November 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

South Africa: 1. Please provide information on the operation of Nigerian drug cartels in South Africa and evidence they have been involved in importation into Australia. Please also comment on involvement of Nigerians in crime and violence in Johannesburg generally and any issues of trafficking. 2. Please provide up-to-date information on state protection for victims of crime. In particular, please you comment on the availability of state protection for single women

2 September 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

RRT Case No. 0902859

20 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Residence permits / Residency - Safe country of origin - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Australia

South Africa: 1. To what extent do white people in South Africa face discrimination in relation to matters such as employment? 2. Are there any reports of racially motivated violence directed towards white people? 3. Please provide information on the situation for women in South Africa. 4. What protection is available to people, especially women, who face violence, including racially motivated violence?

24 April 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

RRT Case No. 0803250

22 July 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Effective protection - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to employment - Right to family life - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Australia - South Africa

South Africa: 1. Please provide brief information on any conflict between South African and Zimbabwean nationals in South Africa. 2. Please advise whether such conflict is localised or less prevalent in any particular area of South Africa. 3. Please provide brief advice on the effectiveness of state protection in this situation

22 July 2008 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

South Africa: Please send me information on the police force and its ability to offer protection to victims of crime in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth

11 September 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

South Africa: 1. What is the situation in South Africa where a Zulu woman or tribal woman marries outside her tribe and without her family's permission? 2. Is there any history of "honour" crimes against the woman? 3. Does South Africa have an effective police force? 4. Will they act in cases that may be seen as tribal and family related? 5. Does the state prosecute crimes which can be seen as private (family) disputes? 6. Does Pakistan allow dual citizenship? If so, could a wife go to Pakistan?

28 June 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

South Africa: 1. Is there any evidence that white South Africans or Jewish South Africans are discriminated against in relation to matters such as employment? 2. Are there any laws to protect against such discrimination? 3. To what extent do the authorities provide protection against violent crime? 4. Is there any evidence that white South Africans or Jewish South Africans are denied the protection of the authorities?

21 June 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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