Use the public protector, not stones and fire, Thuli Madonsela urges
PUBLIC Protector Thuli Madonsela has reiterated her conviction that peace without social justice is pie in the sky."As long as there is injustice somewhere‚ sustainable peace cannot be experienced anywhere‚" she said on Monday.Ensuring social justice was the responsibility of society as much as that of the powers that be.On the tertiary fees issue‚ Madonsela said students could not afford to cut off their noses to spite their faces."Young persons can fast-track the delivery of the South African dream without bricks‚ stones and fire‚ and when normal dialogue fails‚ they can make use of other constitutional avenues such as the public protector‚ the South African Human Rights Commission and petitions." Madonsela was speaking during a dialogue session at North West University‚ ahead of a public lecture in Mahikeng.She noted that protesters in the 1970s did not burn down infrastructure they were going to need — just as when one was unhappy at one’s home‚ one did not set alight the house ...
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