The reasons furnished by Jane Mufamadi, CEO of the Freedom Park, why the names of the members the former South African Air Force who died in the 1983 Church Street Car-bomb Explosion cannot be placed on the memorial wall, makes a mockery of the concluding paragraph of the Interim Constitution that also became a cornerstone of the current Constitution.
A quote from the concluding paragraph of the Interim Constitution reads as follows:
A quote from the concluding paragraph of the Interim Constitution reads as follows:
“...The adoption of this Constitution lays the secure foundation for the people of South Africa to transcend the divisions and strife of the past, which generated gross violations of human rights, the transgression of humanitarian principles in violent conflicts and a legacy of hatred, fear guilt and revenge.
These can now be addressed on the basis that there is a need for understanding but not for vengeance, a need for reparation but not for retaliation, a need for ubuntu but not for victimization...”
The parrot-like statement by Jane Mufamadi “that members of the former South African Air Force who died that day were part of the despicable apartheid system that was rightly described by the international community as a crime against humanity”, must necessarily also applies to the church, public sector and many institutions that were part of the previous regime.
This stance ignored the fact that the Church Street bomb explosion as such, was a gross violation of the provisions of the Geneva Convention and in accordance with all international definitions, in itself is a crime against humanity. In addition there to almost all acts committed by members of Umkhonto we Sizwe as part of the ANC's policy can according to international principles also be considered as a crime against humanity.
Ironically Jane Mufamadi on the one hand refused to place the names of the former members of the Air Force on the memorial wall merely because they were part of the so-called hateful apartheid system without mentioning any act committed by them, but on the other hand regretted it that the names of the two bombers who committed a gruesome act, were not submitted for approval to be placed on the memorial wall.
As long as the ANC ignores the provisions and essence of the concluding paragraph of the Interim Constitution, there is no hope of real reconciliation.
FOUNDATION FOR EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW
This stance ignored the fact that the Church Street bomb explosion as such, was a gross violation of the provisions of the Geneva Convention and in accordance with all international definitions, in itself is a crime against humanity. In addition there to almost all acts committed by members of Umkhonto we Sizwe as part of the ANC's policy can according to international principles also be considered as a crime against humanity.
Ironically Jane Mufamadi on the one hand refused to place the names of the former members of the Air Force on the memorial wall merely because they were part of the so-called hateful apartheid system without mentioning any act committed by them, but on the other hand regretted it that the names of the two bombers who committed a gruesome act, were not submitted for approval to be placed on the memorial wall.
As long as the ANC ignores the provisions and essence of the concluding paragraph of the Interim Constitution, there is no hope of real reconciliation.
FOUNDATION FOR EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW
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