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"WHY DON'T YOU CARE?" South Africans attack low turnout at second London 'Secrecy Bill' protest
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by HEATHER WALKER t’s a pity how South Africans abroad forget how hard others fought for change in their country that they can’t even turn up to show support for current issues. Why don’t they care?” commented one of the protestors at the second London protest against the passing of the Protection of State Information Bill, or ‘Secrecy Bill’ by the South African government. There was a slightly smaller but more vociferous turnout on Saturday than the first one in December. A lively crew of about 40 patriotic South Africans gathered outside South Africa House, Trafalgar Square, clad in colourful clothing and accessorised with placards, flags and vuvuzelas.At this protest, which followed others in several cities across the globe, speeches explaining objections to the bill were interspersed with strident chants echoing phrases from the placards. These included 'Jou ma se secrecy', 'Give us hope Zuma' 'Mind the Bill' and 'Fight for your right to know'. The proceedings culminated in the signing and passing over of a memorandum to South Africa House, and the quoting of Edmund Burke by Democratic Alliance Abroad chairman Ludre Stevens, “All that is necessary for evil to prevail is for good men [and women] to do nothing.” While the pavement outside South Africa House was occupied by marches many times during the turbulent apartheid years, it has seen very few protests against government regulation since that continued on page 3...
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SA POWER 100: Njabulo Madlala | p13 Opera singer Njabulo Madlala grew up in a South African township and now travels the world with his voice as his passport. Ahead of his performance at a London concert in aid of Foodbank, we chart his rise to fame.
Ryan Hammond’s ballroom blitz l p10 South African-born Ryan Hammond and his partner Lindsey Muckle have reached the semi-finals of Sky’s hit TV dance-off, Got to Dance.
A touch of Morroccan magic in Marrakesh | p16 The bustling city of Marrakesh offers a feast for the senses to explorers of this exotic tourist destination. Protestors outside South Africa house on Saturday. Photograph by Darren Adams.