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Netwerk24 reports that according to Prof Hennie Strydom, an expert in international law who is attached to the University of Johannesburg, trade union Solidarity has a prima facie case to secure the assistance of the United Nations (UN) in respect of double standards over racism in SA.
The union’s collective complaint was lodged with the UN’s Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). According to the report submitted to CERD, SA currently serves as the perfect example of people in positions of power who use their influence to mobilise others on the basis of race. The report refers to various statements against white people and other minority groups made in the past by politicians such as President Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Minister Lulu Xingwana and North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo. In its complaint, Solidarity requests CERD to launch a formal inquiry into the matter by requesting information from organisations such as the SAHRC as well as from government, and to send a delegation to SA to investigate the situation on the ground. (Loosely translated from Afrikaans)
- Read this report by Odette Parfitt in full in Afrikaans at Netwerk24
- Read Solidarity’s press statement in this regard at Solidarity online
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