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The parents of a rape complainant have appeared in court for allegedly accepting a R500 000 bribe to drop the rape charges against a police officer's husband, the head of security for self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri.
Critics have called it a stunt to invite sympathy. Yet Amuriat says campaigning without shoes is a protest and that those who do not get its symbolism are missing a point.
Uganda is due to hold a general election on January 14. Amuriat and another opposition candidate, Bobi Wine have had their rallies violently dispersed by security forces or been arrested.
In mid-November, scores of people were killed as security forces attempted to quell protests against the arrest and detention of Bobi Wine.
Police has accused the candidates of addressing huge gatherings in contravention of regulations on COVID-19 prevention.
Swollen feet
In an interview with one of the dailies in Uganda, Amuriat said his feet hurt a lot and has to pour cold water on them in between campaign stops for some relief.
Doctors have cautioned him on the potential danger of contracting tetanus from cuts to his feet.
Yet Amuriat remains adamant. He says by refusing to wear shoes, he’s standing in solidarity with people whose wealth and opportunities have been stolen by the country’s longtime ruler Yoweri Museveni.
JUST IN: FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested at the border of Rubirizi and Bushenyi districts. The reason for his arrest is yet to be known📹 @MukhayeD#MonitorUpdates#UGDecides2021 pic.twitter.com/xopK4FMoD0
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) December 4, 2020
Museveni, in power since 1986 is seeking a new term. In 2017, he changed the constitution to remove age limits that would have stopped him from seeking re-election.
FDC is Uganda’s largest opposition party. In 3 previous elections, the party fronted veteran activist and retired army colonel Kizza Besigye for president.
[Clooney Foundation for Justice] A TrialWatch report released today finds that Nigerian journalist and opposition figure Omoyele Sowore has been the victim of prosecutorial misconduct following his calls for peaceful protests.
By Royce West, Texas Senate Even the most ardent pro-life advocates must have cringed, along with those on the platform surrounding Texas Governor Greg Abbott when he boasted the state’s number one goal “is to eliminate rape.” While a laudable aspiration, it did little to credibly answer the question posed as to why SB8 does […]
The post Not brilliant – Texas’ abortion law baffles women and businesses appeared first on North Dallas Gazette.
Zimbabwe-born Stewart Dzvimbu fled to South Africa to escape a life of abuse and rejection. After years of hardship and fighting in gangs, he found new meaning when he was introduced to the martial arts. He now runs his own jiu-jitsu academy in Cape Town.
Eating dirt in Madagascar to escape famine
Shonisani Lethole, the man who died at the Tembisa Hospital after claiming he had been ill-treated and deprived of food for 48 hours, has been laid to rest.
Fourteen men will spend lengthy periods behind bars after they were jailed for the vigilante killings of six men on a farm in Joostenbergvlakte, Kraaifontein in 2014.
Two people have been killed in a head-on collision between two trucks on the N1 near Beaufort West.
Since the establishment of the specialised courts, sexual offence cases are being addressed more speedily by the judiciary and it has been found that complainants are also more likely to follow through with their complaints.
The article Sexual offence courts yield speedier trials, follow through on complaints appeared first on Stabroek News.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) - South Africa completed a sweep of their two match series against Sri Lanka as they strolled to a 10-wicket win on the third day of the second test yesterday.
The article S/Africa wins second test for 2-0 series sweep appeared first on Stabroek News.
Watch as South African actor Themba Robin introduces 'SkolieOlie' - a 'premium looting repellent' - in a hilarious new skit.
South Africa currently has a cumulative COVID-19 caseload of 1 473 700 along with 46 180 deaths and 1 340 497 recoveries.
The Western Cape is three to four weeks away from the surge in Covid-19 cases currently being faced by Gauteng.
News24 is appealing for cool heads and rational leadership in Senekal, where two suspects are expected to appear on Friday in connection with the murder of Brendin Horner.
BY SILAS NKALA A POLICE officer based in Plumtree on Saturday appeared in court charged with causing disaffection among police and military officers by inciting them to refuse being used by Zanu PF to attack fellow citizens ahead of last month’s planned demonstrations. Constable Levias Ngwenya (36) of Plumtree Police Camp was not asked to plead to the charge when he appeared before Plumtree magistrate Tayengwa Chibanda while applying for bail pending trial. He was represented by rights lawyer Bruce Masamvu. The magistrate granted him $500 bail and remanded the matter to August 28. Prosecutor Dorothy Kanengoni told the court that on June 8, Ngwenya posted on his Facebook wall that “soldiers and police do not be fooled and brainwashed nekamari kamapiwa kasingatenge chinhu (by such a small amount of money)”. Ngwenya is alleged to have said: “Don’t be used by the Zanu PF government to attack your fellow brothers and sisters in the health and teaching sectors. The reason why mapiwa (you were given) nicodemously is for you to descend heavily on the impoverished civilians who are scheduled to stage a demo on July 31.” Ngwenya is also alleged to have said that the action by the government was a divide and rule tactic and urged the security forces to wake up and smell the coffee. “Pasi nekushandiswa nemadhara asina future nesu aya (down with being used by these old people who have no future with us)” Ngwenya is alleged to have written. It is the State case that Ngwenya’s text was meant to cause disaffection among members of the police and army. Ngwenya is alleged to have said it was time to embrace change, not to fight citizens. He allegedly repeated that the Zanu PF government was using the police and soldiers and questioned what they stood to benefit and achieve with the paltry salary of $1 000 and useless COVID-19 risk allowance of US$75 which he said was not accessible from the banks. The Facebook post was allegedly read by fellow police officers, who caused his arrest.
Acting Health Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane says the approval of the Sinovac vaccine is a much needed relief for SA's vaccine rollout.
The police have launched an investigation after six suspects stormed a bed and breakfast in Soshanguve and opened fire, killing two people and injuring nine others.
On Thursday the California Supreme Court ruled that judges can't keep a criminal defendant in jail over their inability to post bail prior to a trial.
A searing, 39-page indictment by the head of the National Prosecuting Authority's Investigating Directorate, advocate Hermione Cronje, has laid bare the State's case against former ANC MP Vincent Smith and his co-accused, Angelo Agrizzi.
On Thursday we reported Roman Catholic Bishop Francis Alleyne as saying that it was time for the anti-sodomy laws in Guyana to be made null and void, although he maintained that the act of homosexuality was still morally wrong.
The article Bishop Alleyne and the anti-sodomy laws appeared first on Stabroek News.
ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte says the violence in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng has nothing to do with ethnicity.
As the vaccine rollout begins in South Africa, we are publishing all the latest updates related to the biggest immunisation drive in our history.
The Jacob Zuma Foundation has labelled a judgment that found the former president in contempt of court \"judicially emotional and angry\", as well as \"not consistent with our Constitution\".
[Nation] The High Court in Mombasa has declined to lift a ban on Rafiki film, a locally-made film that is deemed controversial for featuring lesbian romance.
Casac has complained to Parliament's Registrar of Members' Interests over Julius Malema's unsubstantiated attacks on the judiciary and his conduct at the Judicial Service Commission.
SEATTLE (AP) — A U.S. judge on Friday ordered Seattle police to temporarily stop using tear gas, pepper spray and flash-bang devices to break up largely peaceful protests, a victory for groups who say authorities have overreacted to recent demonstrations over police brutality and racial injustice in the liberal city.
U.S. District Judge Richard Jones issued the two-week order after a Black Lives Matter group sued the Seattle Police Department this week to halt the violent tactics it has used to break up protests.
The judge said those objecting to police using violent tactics to break up protests make a strong case that the indiscriminate use of force is unconstitutional.
This week, protesters have turned part of Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood into a protest center with speakers, drum circles and Black
Lives Matter painted on a street near a police station.
“As tens of thousands of people were gathering today to march silently and in solidarity against police brutality and misconduct, the U.S. District Court affirmed their right to protest, free from state violence.
