South Africa's response to Uganda's Gay Law

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Uganda passed the much publicised "Kill the Gays" Bill this past week.

In response to this hateful law, countries supplying aid to Uganda have suspended their aid and openly condemned these heinous acts in Uganda. Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands have done so, and there is talk of the UK and the USA following suit, as well as several more European countries, including Sweden.

But South Africa – the supposed "shining light" in Africa – has done absolutely nothing  so far, aside from quietly releasing a very short, very weak and very vague statement on its website referring to "international homophobia" and saying it will "look for clarity". 

http://www.dfa.gov.za/docs/2014/lgbti0225.html

Yesterday a motion to condemn the new law in Uganda was deliberately silenced by ANC members in parliament.

http://www.mambaonline.com/2014/02/25/anc-blocks-motion-condemning-uganda-anti-gay-bill/

How much "clarity" is the South African government looking for? 

How much clearer can it be? People are facing discrimination, intimidation, imprisonment, persecution, torture, violence and death based on their nature as human beings.

Let us not forget that our "ambassador" to Uganda (appointed by our president in spite of a pending case in the Equality Court) is still a homophobic bigot and former journalist who wrote articles demanding that LGBT protections be removed from the Constitution and compared marriage equality to bestiality. 

Meanwhile, LGBT Ugandans have begun to experience renewed violence since the passing of this despicable law, with the first resulting fatality being recorded yesterday.

Ugandan newspapers have resumed exposing suspected LGBT people, and Ugandan society is descending into a witch-hunt.

http://www.advocate.com/world/2014/02/25/lgbt-ugandans-attacked-tabloid-lists-top-200-homos

And now, to add insult to injury, the ANC’s home affairs minister, Naledi Pandor, has said this issue is just "not worth commenting on". 

This is a disgusting and shameful display of tacit consent to deliberately calculated and legislated human rights abuses in a country with which South Africa trades and to which it provides infrastructure training and support.

You think no special comment is needed? Go and read the South Africa Constitution, Minister  –  South Africa is mandated to defend the human rights protections of endangered peoples in countries with which it has dealings! By failing to do so, you – and your party – are failing your mandate!

This is a disgusting slap in the face for human rights from a government and political party that claims to be proud of our constitution and the human rights values for which it stands!

People like you make me ashamed to be seen as a South African.

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  • CorneliusHenn

    Daar is steeds gebreinspoelde naïewelinge wat glo onderhandelinge namens hulle by KODESA destyds het waarde / of meen dat hulle 'n voet het om op te staan in hierdie piesang demokrasie.

    Om die waarde van enige wet vir minderhede in die kommunistiese nalatenskap Nelson Mandela te bepaal, kan daar gerus byvoorbeeld na die wet op GELYKE indiensneming gekyk word en sien hoe dit geheel en al fundamenteel as "slegs swart" in die praktyk vertolk word.

    Gays, nes die Khoi, Griekwas en Afrikaners, is 'n minderheid in die land ...

    Soos Cyril Ramophosa op 'n keer geseg het: "The fact that De Klerk chose not to accept a programme that the majority of South Africans did may go some way to explaining why the party he led no longer exists".

    Dit stel die prentjie baie duidelik naamlik dat minderhede wat nie die wil en wee van die meerderheid aanvaar nie, noodwendig in die hand van ons kwansuis wonderlike demokrasie sal uitsterf - waar dit ookal van die ANC en hul skynheilige DA meelopers afhang.

    Daar is seker nie veel gay klubs in Soweto, Mamelodi, of Khayelitsha nie - ook nie Noord van die Limpopo nie ... as ek gay was, sou ek maar laag begin lê - nes my Vierkleur ook nie juis welkom is hier nie ...

    Minderheidgroete iewers uit Mzansi,

    Cornelius Henn

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