Magistrate's courts across the country are facing a total shutdown as magistrates threaten to go on strike if their salaries are not adjusted, according to a report on Times Live.
Magistrates rejected the five percent salary recommendation made by the Independent Remuneration Commission and said that the commission had failed to correct flaws in its recommendation. The strike was expected to start on March 18.
There were serious implications if the strike were to go ahead. Awaiting trial prisoners needed J7 forms to be signed by magistrates in order to keep them detained. If not signed, they may have to be sent home. said Times Live.
On the other hand a series of high-profile incidents this year that include the deadly shooting by Olympian sprinter Oscar Pistorius of his girlfriend and the brutal rape and mutilation of a teenage girl.
In another incident last week, a Mozambican died in custody after he was handcuffed and dragged behind a police van.
But Zuma said an outpouring of outraged "disgust" should not see all citizens painted as brutal or the country as an "inherently violent place to live in" Yahoo news report.
According to latest annual police statistics, South Africa recorded more than 64,514 rapes and 15,609 murders. Yahoo news said!
The problem with SA is that the government/the ruling party believes that the black community owes it for being the party the declared the country a free state or should i rather say it gave everyone freedom. We all know how hard the privious leaders faught to see this country free for everyone but it is fair to say that every black individual played a part in this countries freedom. What i'm trying to say is that the country needs to change the mentality they have about freedom, because freedom is not just about getting everything for free..
ReplyDeleteYesterday is but gone. If you freed me yesterday, are you still keeping me free. If not forget about yesterday, I live today.
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