The safety and protection of LGBTIQA+ folk should be at the forefront of our government’s planning agenda. Sadly it is not. Inclusive shelters in the Western Cape are needed. SOSS Collective, a Queer activist organisation supported by Triangle Project, is appealing to government to prioritise shelters for marginalised people. Sada Oms Sada Saub (SOSS) is a Khoi phrase that means our home, our protection. We spoke to Lebo Mncayi, SOSS Collective’s Advocacy Officer about the cause.
National Assembly approves zero salary increases for judges, magistrates and public protector
By Mayibongwe Maqhina
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Parties sang from the same hymn sheet when they supported the recommendations for the zero salary increase for judges, magistrates and some heads of chapter nine institutions.
On Thursday, the National Assembly debated the proposals when the justice and correctional services portfolio committee tabled its report.
The committee recommended a 0% salary increase for the public protector, deputy public protector, commissioners of the South African Human Rights Commission, Constitutional Court judges and other judges with effect from April 2020.
They made their recommendations after President Cyril Ramaphosa received the annual salary recommendations from the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers.
Former president Jacob Zuma’s trial on charges of corruption, racketeering, money laundering, fraud and breaches of the Income Tax Act finally got underway in the Pietermaritzburg High Court earlier this week when he pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges put to him. Arguments flighted by Zu.
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola Lamola said he understood the wishful amnesia of a new organisation like the EFF. He also called it shocking that “some organisations” doubted and attacked the judiciary, only for them to go to court to find justice.