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by Christine Botha, Manager, Centre for Constitutional Rights – 12 September 2019 Following the recent harrowing reports of the violent murder and rape of women that sent new shock waves through the country, tens of thousands marched to Parliament on 5 September to demand action and justice. The President, criticised for his inaction during the […]

Dr Roy Jankielsohn, DA MPL and Leader of the Official Opposition in the Free State Provincial Legislature – 11 September 2019 I have today submitted an affidavit at the Equality Court in Bloemfontein with a request that the Court consider my request to instruct Mr Ace Magashule and the ANC under whose auspices these statements […]

Cuthbeth Tagwirei, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Wits Centre for Diversity Studies, University of the Witwatersrand African migrants have once again been targeted for looting, violence and displacement in South Africa. Not only are the events reminiscent of 2008, 2015 and 2017: the narratives explaining them and the measures suggested to deal with them are more or less […]

Refiloe Nt’sekhe, DA National Spokesperson – 9 September 2019 The Democratic Alliance (DA) has written to the Secretary of the Police Service, Alvin Rapea, to request that he makes recommendations to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) to probe the police’s conduct during this period of ongoing violence and social unrest in the country. Section 31(3) of […]