President invokes past struggles and the Bill of Rights, but emphasises that the right to protest does not give one the right to harass, intimidate or threaten other people
President Cyril Ramaphosa reshuffled his executive last week. File picture: GCIS/ELMOND JIYANE
“Many people were imprisoned‚ many were driven into exile and many lost their lives so that our basic human rights are protected and upheld. Given our country’s repressive past‚ some of the most valued of those rights are the rights to freedom of expression and association‚” he said. “But we should be clear that the right to protest does not give anyone the right to harass‚ intimidate or threaten anyone else. It does not give anyone the right to damage property or cause harm to any person. One person’s right to protest should in no way infringe on any other person’s right to life and dignity‚” Ramaphosa said.
Ramaphosa said it was well within the right of any person or organisation to call on fellow South Africans to join freely in acts of protest‚ but that no-one should be forced‚ threatened or intimidated into joining that protest.
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