Twenty-two civil society organisations raise concern about shrinking civil space and call on President Ramaphosa to hold officials who threaten organisations to account.
and their clients, the South African Informal Traders Forum .
This resulted in a spate of attacks against Seri. Pictures of their staff were circulated with their cellphone numbers, and Seri received threats to burn down their offices, and kill lawyers who represent Saitf. This is a gross violation of their rights to safety and security. This is not the first time a civil society organisation in South Africa has found itself under attack by a government official.for its intention to legally challenge the decision to terminate the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit by the end of this year.to this lawful challenge was to claim that South Africa is “under the dictatorship of some of the NGOs”, with some having “faceless and dubious funders”.
Alarmingly, he asserted that their “ultimate aim is to assist in the dislodgement of the government of the day from power by all means available”.that “we consider the objections to these developments as apartheid and colonialism of a special type, masqueraded as a great interest for environmental protection.”
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