DA leader John Steenhuisen has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to use his position as AU chair to fight for LGBTQI rights throughout Africa.
“We certainly cannot do as Deputy President [David] Mabuza suggests and ‘be decent enough to keep our mouth shut’ when it comes to the inhumane treatment of the LGBTQI communities elsewhere in Africa,” Steenhuisen said. With Ramaphosa assuming the position of chair of the AU, there had never been a better opportunity to put the plight of the LGBTQI community in Africa on the agenda, he added.
“Just as President Ramaphosa owes it to South Africans this year to show courage and backbone in defending our economy from the enemies of growth, he owes it to our fellow Africans to stand up for them and defend their freedom on the continent’s biggest stage. “So the challenge is clear, Mr President: Show the world that you do not share your deputy president’s backwards views on looking the other way when it comes to human rights abuses. Make it clear that an attack on a member of the LGBTQI community in Kampala or Dar es Salaam or Mogadishu is as unacceptable as an attack here at home.
jsteenhuisen A political party shouldn't get concerned with issues facing other countries. It's the job of our government to do so. If this is a concern for the DA they should try harder to win elections
jsteenhuisen Managed to keep your mouth shut when de klerk proclaimed that apartheid was not a crime against humanity.
SOUTH AFRICA IS NOT A PLAY GROUND THEY ARE NOT REFUGEES THEY CAME DURING WORLD CUP AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS COUNTRY WE CAN ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE THEM WHEN THEY ARE DOCUMENTED AND ARE HERE FOR RATIONAL INTEREST NOT TO DEPEND ON CRIME AND BEING USELESS
jsteenhuisen Ah, we have enough issues here in SA to deal with. This is a sad, cheap, desperate shot at Ramaphosa. John, you can do better
we need all churchs to come and do deliverance for DA its time to fight demos
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