Allowing the flushing of history is unlettered! In South Africa, judges must read Communist Manifesto to have clear analysis of the impact of some judgements. The Lamont ruling will be recorded in the historical books of this country as a way-ward order which sought to re-write and/or de-construct ‘oral history’ and the concept of a ‘nation’. Posters were flying on all lamp posts reading ‘anger at ruling against malema’,and actually the ruling is/was against the history of the liberation of this country in general and the Africans in particular.Perhaps,the time is now to vividly reflect on as to whether, are we a ‘nation’? >From a Communist point of view, ‘communists are further reproached with >desiring to abolish countries and/or nationalities’. And in place of the >bourgeoisie society, with its classes and class antagonisms, we shall have an >association, in which the free development of each is the condition for the >free development of all’. And in this instance, the narrow interests of few >elites were satisfied! When the judge read that the case ‘It [case] concerns social conflict arising out of alleged hate speech. To understand the social interaction of the groups within society it is necessary to briefly set out some historical facts. The legislation is initially set out in general terms to provide the legislative foundation within which the hate speech legislation operates’. Me thought the lordship will he will premise the order that ‘will not set up any sectarian principles, but shape and mould the interest of ‘nation’. This ruling actually confirms that the struggle of the working class against bourgeoisie is still to be fought; it represented the interests of few elites against the interests of the ‘movement’ as a whole. It was becoming that the lordship said ‘their [minority grouping] morality did not recognize others as having rights of any significance. They proceeded to trample upon the rights of others and seize control of the assets of the Republic for themselves. However, the order against singing dhubhula bhunu suggest that it will be illegal for different institutions of higher learning to speak the words in their pedagoguegical work,and the future generations will become suspicious of decisions ‘we’ took today. The falsity notion of a ‘nation’ will continue to haunt South Africans, as in many instances is narrowly spiced during bigger events such as wearing Bafana Bafana and/or Bokke t-shirts to symbolize unity of the ‘nation’. It is a fabrication of the heart and minds of many local people and such ruling will drive a huge wedge amongst our ‘nation’. It doesn’t need one to wear revolutionary goggles to observe these implications, judges independent they may be, must deliver rulings which will heal this ‘nation’ against the scourge of ‘eating each other’ over the history of this country. Otherwise nation building will become an idle talk and may be fed to unwitting minds which may plunge the country into open hatred of group by another. The ruling has the potency to erode the ‘we’, ‘us’ concepts within the society. There is another song with this lyric ‘mabawuyeke umhlaba wethu’ loosely translated to say nationalize the land and/or leave our land and many might be taken to court on same. This negative development must be challenged! And we await the collective wisdom of the African National Congress on same. By: Mampane Norman National Spokesperson Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union Tel: 0112424600/4615 Cell: 0720737959 Email: [email protected] 01 Marie Road Auckland Park 2006
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