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Human rights violation charge laid against Zulu king
15 Apr 2015 at 21:35hrs | Views
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini faces another charge of hate speech and violating human rights - this time by the Western Cape organiser of the SA National Defence Union, News24 reported.
Tim Flack said he was spurred into action after watching complaints on Twitter that not enough was being done to stop xenophobic violence in South Africa by the country's Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba.
He decided to go ahead and lay the charge online on the SA Human Rights Commission's website, for allegedly inciting violence, and sedition.
He said the commission acknowledged his complaint, telling him it had been referred to its KwaZulu-Natal office.
The rights Flack alleges were violated by the king include the rights to dignity, security, life, movement and residence, contained in the Bill of Rights.
This followed reports of a speech he made in Pongola, KwaZulu- Natal, towards the end of March in which the king complained about crime and dirty streets.
Saying, "forgive me but I must speak", according to an eNCA translation of the clip from Zulu, he said, reportedly, that immigrants should "take their bags and go".
"So I cited those [rights] and mentioned that I believed he had incited xenophobic attacks and destabilised portions of the country."
"I want him to be criminally charged for this, and he needs to be held accountable in terms of the law. He can't expect there to be no repercussions."
Tim Flack said he was spurred into action after watching complaints on Twitter that not enough was being done to stop xenophobic violence in South Africa by the country's Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba.
He decided to go ahead and lay the charge online on the SA Human Rights Commission's website, for allegedly inciting violence, and sedition.
He said the commission acknowledged his complaint, telling him it had been referred to its KwaZulu-Natal office.
The rights Flack alleges were violated by the king include the rights to dignity, security, life, movement and residence, contained in the Bill of Rights.
This followed reports of a speech he made in Pongola, KwaZulu- Natal, towards the end of March in which the king complained about crime and dirty streets.
Saying, "forgive me but I must speak", according to an eNCA translation of the clip from Zulu, he said, reportedly, that immigrants should "take their bags and go".
"So I cited those [rights] and mentioned that I believed he had incited xenophobic attacks and destabilised portions of the country."
"I want him to be criminally charged for this, and he needs to be held accountable in terms of the law. He can't expect there to be no repercussions."
Source - news24
