The Rep 05 August 2022

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After 29 years of democratic governance, inequalities still exist,
says Iliso Labantu Movement for Democratic Change leader
Zanemvula Deliwe, with the gap between the “haves and have
nots” continuously widening.
This has resulted in escalating crime, with SA rated as third
highest crime ridden-country in the world.
Added to this, the economic downfall has resulted in
skyrocketing unemployment.
Compounding this, Deliwe says, is corruption and the lack of
will on the part of the ANC-led government to deal with state
capture; the deployment of inefficient cadres resulting in the
collapse of services; and dysfunctional local government which
includes neglect of rural economic development.
Other issues include:
● The lack of rural economic development has resulted in urban
squatting, with all the social ills and injustices attached to this, as
well as human settlement issues;
● Failing Eskom, with 14 CEOs from 2007 to date, is a high
indicator SA is at a risk of having big businesses migrate to other
countries. This will increase unemployment – currently at 58%;
● Failing education which is misdirected to teaching subjects
not in demand in the market, leaving many graduates
unemployable; incapacitating pupils by failing to ensure books
are delivered on time and failure to address pupil-teacher ratios;
● Lack of a clear foreign policy and no border post control has
left country controlled by criminals;
● Irregular expenditure of R27,3bn from 2010 clearly shows
government is not in good hands;
● The economy depends mainly on mining. However, after 29
years there is no shareholding scheme available to improve the
livelihood of mine workers.
“That is why it is necessary for us to wake up to defend our
democracy and move with a new establishment which will
defend South Africans from looters of the resources with a radical
a p p r o a ch ,” Deliwe says.
“lIiso Labantu Movement for Democratic Change has been
formed to change the direction of SA by providing an alternative
to a broken political system that has failed South Africans.
“We will assemble a team of South Africans committed to
public service, who have the skills, experience and knowledge to
achieve this vision and we will call even those who left the
country for Australia and New Zealand to come back to South
Africa to develop the country which has been ravaged by
corruption and lack of leadership.
“We exist to provide clean and effective services to improve
the lives of all South Africans, especially unemployed graduates.
“We will accomplish this with an immovable commitment to
a free-market economy, provision of social justice, a drug-free
society, commitment to the rule of law, delivery of electoral
reform, and lastly, rural economic development planning.”
The movement can contacted on 079-516-9833.
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Mlungisi activist group
demands harsh sentence
for man out on parole
Women protests against GBV at court appearance of accused
LUVUYO MJEKULA
“We do not know what men
want from us or what we have
done to them. Men need to
change, they brought us into
this world – they are abusing
their own children.”
These were the words of
Bongiwe Mtola, a resident of R
Section in Mlungisi, during a
demonstration by women and
activists outside the m a g i s t ra t e ’s
court in Komani on Tuesday
morning to call for justice while
also marking the start of
Wo m e n ’s Month.
The group called on the
court to keep a 38-year-old man
incarcerated after he was
charged with raping a 22-yearold
woman while out on parole
for the same offence.
Convicted and sentenced to
18 years’ imprisonment for rape
and 18 months for assault in
February 2009, the man, also
from Mlungisi, was set free on
parole three years ago. His
parole was set to expire in
2028.
He was, however, arrested
on May 26 this year on rape
charges and denied bail in the
m a g i s t ra t e ’s court in Komani in
Ju n e .
He appeared again on
Tuesday and the protesting
residents used national
Wo m e n ’s Month to send a
strong message to the court.
The group handed in a
petition to the presiding
magistrate while the Nokulunga
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WOMEN’S MONTH: Mlungisi women and activists demonstrate outside the magistrate’s court
in Komani on Tuesday calling for harsh action against a man on parole charged with rape, while
also marking Women’s Month Picture: LUVUYO MJEKULA
Community Centre, a non-profit
organisation focusing on
supporting victims of genderbased
violence (GBV),
submitted a letter calling for a
deterrent sentence.
Nokulunga also works with
police, the social development,
home affairs and correctional
services departments and other
organisations involved in
helping GBV victims.
It also advocates for human
rights including the LGBTQI
c o m m u n i t y.
The organisation’s
administrator, Sandisiwe
Mzamo, who was part of the
demonstration, called the attack
on the 22-year-old woman a
“corrective rape”.
He told The Rep the accused
knew the woman was part of the
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LGBTQI group. The court had
also heard during the bail
application in June that the
woman was a lesbian.
“We believe this is a
corrective rape. It is a gruesome
offence that is not taken lightly
by government. As an
organisation we are here to say
we believe the accused is guilty
and that when he is sentenced,
the court should make an
example of the perpetrator and
send a message to the
community that this has severe
i m p l i c a t i o n s ,” Mzamo said.
“We are pleading with the
court to sentence the perpetrator
to the best of its abilities.”
After he was refused bail, his
attorney, Zolile Matiwane, filed
an appeal, stating 90% of the
arguments by the state were
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regarding his client’s parole and
that the magistrate had erred.
Matiwane said it would be
unconstitutional to keep the
accused in jail because he had
breached his parole conditions.
The department of
correctional services had said it
was in the process of revoking
the man’s parole.
Outside court, the protestors
said the man was a danger to
s o c i e t y.
Nomzamo Mjila, 59, said
children could walk around
freely if he was released.
“Even us as elderly people
are in danger. He must rot in
jail. The justice system must
hear us,” she said.
The case was postponed
until August 23 for the return of
DNA results and bail transcripts.
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