Saturday, February 14, 2015

SJC appeal a conviction against 21 of its members

Jaimie-faith Poonah
14 February 2015 
 
The Social Justice Coalition says it will appeal a conviction by the Cape Town Magistrate Court against 21 of its members.
 
Of the twenty one; eleven were acquitted of all charges. 

SJC’s general secretary Phumeza Mlungwana said exercising our rights is not a crime and that Apartheid laws must change.

Mlungwana said: “We feel that it is unconstitutional to criminalize a gathering or a protest of that nature, that’s why we aim to go further in the high court to challenge the act itself and have it relooked at how it criminalizes protesters .”

 

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