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
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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