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DA is overreacting: ANCYL
Article By: JP du Plessis
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00
The African National Congress Youth League says the Democratic Alliance is overreacting about statements made by its Bloemfontein chair.
Thebe Meeko is facing charges of hate speech and intimidation after saying Free State University Rector Jonathan Jansen was a racist who should be killed.
The allegations were made against Jansen after he decided to drop internal disciplinary charges against the so-called Reitz Four; white students on trial for making a racist initiation video in 2007.
The league's Floyd Shivambo said the DA misunderstood Meeko's statements and should not have taken the matter to the Equality Court.
A video of a boy being forced by his parents to run almost naked in the snow has sparked an uproar.
Cosatu met with the Public Protector to discuss its numerous complaints against Premier Helen Zille.
Marine ruins have been discovered by builders working at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.
