When Will the Persecution of Cde Malema in this YCL forum stop ?????? On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Dominic.Tweedie <[email protected] > wrote:
> > > [image: The Times] > > > *Malema files equality court appeal* > > > *Sapa, The Times, Johannesburg, 18 October 2010* > > ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has begun the process of appealing > an Equality Court order against him, contrary to allegations by the Sonke > Gender Justice Network that he has ignored it, his lawyer says. > > "We are busy with the appeal process," said Tumi Mokwena, who defended him > at the Johannesburg hearing which centred on Malema's comments about a woman > who had laid a charge of rape against President Jacob Zuma. > > Zuma was acquitted of the charge, but the Sonke Gender Justice Network was > outraged by the stereotype that the comments created and felt they might > discourage women from laying charges of rape in future. > > They succeeded in a hate speech and harassment complaint against Malema. > The court ordered him to pay R50,000 to a group that focuses on preventing > abuse against women. Malema was also ordered to apologise over the remarks. > > His lawyer indicated he would appeal. On Thursday the network said Malema > had missed the deadline to apologise and pay over the money, which they were > going to give to People Opposed to Women Abuse, so they had secured an order > to have R50,000 worth of his assets attached. > > Mokwena said that the notice of intention to appeal was filed in April. He > said the procedure was that after filing notice of intention to appeal, they > would then be supplied with the record of proceedings, which had not yet > taken place. > > "We are still waiting for that," said Mokwena. > > They had also not been officially informed of the intention to attach some > of Malema's property. > > "We have not been officially notified of that. If it comes to our attention > we will get a stay. There [has been no communication, other than what we > have seen in the media," he said. > > A telephonist at the Sheriff of the Court said no comment would be made on > the matter. A spokesperson for the network was not immediately available to > comment. > > The network's focus is on sensitising men and boys to issues of gender, > gender-based violence and HIV/Aids. > > The comments that took the matter to court were: "When a woman didn't enjoy > it, she leaves early in the morning. Those who had a nice time will wait > until the sun comes out, request breakfast and ask for taxi money." > > *From: > http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article713122.ece/Malema-files-equality-court-appeal > * > * * > * * > > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected]. > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to > this address (repeat): [email protected] . > -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
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