Banning of apartheid flag is not on the cards, says Mmamaloko Kubayi
Communications Minister Mmamaloko Kubayi told reporters in Cape Town that while the Cabinet disagreed with the "racialising" of violent crime by Black Monday protesters, the government was far from banning the old apartheid flag. At marches at the Voortrekker Monument, white Afrikaans-speaking protesters displayed the apartheid flag. Organisers of the Black Monday march said the protest was sparked by the murder of farmer Joubert Conradie. During a debate on South African crime stats on Tuesday, Police Minister Fikile Mbalula said the old flag had no place in the democratic SA. During the protests images emerged on social media of people setting the current South African flag alight, although it is alleged that these images originate from five years ago. The government has also faced criticism for what has been called an impotent intervention in the marches, despite the fact that demonstrators blocked roads. Kubayi said the demonstrators’ right to display the flag was protected in t...
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