04 August 2021 - 07:27 Members of a fire crew work at a warehouse burned during days of looting and unrest in Durban on July 17 2021. Image: REUTERS/Rogan Ward
The unrest and violence that tore through parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in July cost the SA economy billions of rand in lost output and destroyed infrastructure, and is likely to happen again if the country’s structural inequality is not urgently addressed.
“The events of three weeks ago could be a precursor to something bigger,” acting minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said on Tuesday night.
Addressing an online briefing hosted by the Hellenic Italian and Portuguese Alliance of SA entitled “South Africa After the Unrest”, Ntshavheni said the country was one of the most unequal in the world.
SAJBD urges SA govt to be even-handed in response to Israel-Palestine conflict A pro-Palestine march was led to Parliament on Wednesday, with many calling for sanctions against Israel and the government to do more to show support for the people of Palestine. Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces in Jerusalem s Old City on May 10, 2021, ahead of a planned march to commemorate Israel s takeover of Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War. Picture: Emmanuel Dunand / AFP.
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JOHANNESBURG - The South African Jewish Board of Deputies and the South African Zionist Federation has called on the government to be even-handed in its response to the situation in Palestine.
A few days before Reconciliation Day (16 December), we witnessed the most remarkable reconciliation between the erstwhile former Wits Students’ Representative Council president Mcebo Dlamini and the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD).
In 2015, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) received a complaint from the SAJBD against Dlamini after he demonstrated his admiration for Adolf Hitler and delved into stereotypical anti-Semitic tropes about Jews. On 14 December, the SAHRC did sterling work by facilitating mediation between the two conflicting parties. The mediation was successful and it was encouraging to see Dlamini’s courageous ability to take responsibility for the hurtfulness of his words and apologise for his comments.
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