Note to Editors: These remarks were delivered by ActionSA National Chairperson, Michael Beaumont at the #HandsOffXolani Picket
Dumelang, Molweni, Sanibonani, Goeie More, Good Morning;
South Africans, Xolani Khumalo is being arrested today because he refuses to surrender the country he loves to criminals.
He is paying the price that comes with doing the work SAPS and the judiciary either can’t or won’t do. Instead of keeping criminals off the streets and behind bars, they arrest those who do their work they are too corrupt to do. In South Africa, we’ve come to accept this type of injustice as normal.
We’ve come to accept it as normal that more than 65 people are murdered in cold blood…
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Fun South African Fact: South Africa is the largest producer of platinum in the world.
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Fun South African Fact: Three different destinations make up South Africa’s capital cities. This is to represent the South African government being divided into three sections. Cape Town is the legislative capital, Pretoria is the administrative capital and Bloemfontein is the judicial capital. Interestingly, Parliament meetings take place for six months in Cape Town and six months in Pretoria.