Lunchtime news: Hofmeyr blames Twitter limitations for Apartheid tweet
THE limitation of only 140 characters in a tweet has been blamed for the controversial post by Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr that has now led to a court case.
Hofmeyr's legal advisor Dan Roodt told the Randburg Magistrates' Court on Thursday that Hofmeyr couldn't fully explain himself when he tweeted that black people were the architects of apartheid.
He said the singer was actually challenging the dominant ideology that apartheid was a crime against humanity.
The tweet led to a twar between Hofmeyr and puppet Chester Missing.
In a first for the South African legal system, Hofmeyr obtained an interim protection order against the hand puppet.
The case continues in the Randburg Magistrates Court.
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MEMBERS of Parliament are expected to gather for their last sitting of the year on Thursday afternoon.
The issues that will be debated include the crisis at Eskom and the report by the Powers and Privileges committee on 20 EFF MPs’ misconduct in the National Assembly.
The report recommends that the 20 MPs including leader Julius Malema be suspended from Parliament for 30 days without pay for disrupting parliamentary proceedings on Thursday 21 August.
EFF chief whip Floyd Shivambu told Parliament’s planning committee on Wednesday that they are not scared of the outcome.
"We are not scared of it being implemented Once it has been debated before it is effected it’s an open secret we are going to take it to court. And because the process was not constitutional, the court is going to throw that thing away" he said.
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A group of Cosatu affiliates want Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini to resign immediately.
The group includes unions Fawu, Saccawu, CWU, Denosa and others.
They are also demanding that expelled union Numsa be allowed back into Cosatu and that a Special National Congress be held as early as 25 January.
Fawu’s general secretary Moleko Phakadi says they are aware that their members are ready to move from Cosatu to a new independent and democratic federation.
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