Die president, mnr Jacob Zuma, behoort eerder te fokus op oplossings vir plaasmoorde, in plaas daarvan om emosionele uitbarstings te laat uitvoer deur sy diplomatieke personeel.
TLU SA se Assistent-Hoofbestuurder: Kommunikasie, mnr. Henk van de Graaf, het teruggekeer van ‘n besoek aan Genève waar hy die kwessie van plaasmoorde gaan voorlê het aan die VN se Menseregtekomitee se Forum vir Minderheidsaangeleenthede.
“As mnr. Zuma en sy regering sy plig sou gedoen het soos die Grondwet dit van hom vereis, deur onder andere die boere te beskerm teen fisiese uitwissing, sou ons nie nodig gehad het om die wêreld se aandag op hierdie situasie te gaan vestig nie,” sê mnr. Van de Graaf, nadat hy en die bestuur van TLU SA deeglik besin het oor veral die optrede van me Tsholofelo Tsheole by dieselfde beraad.
“Mnr. Zuma sal moet verduidelik of hy en sy ANC-regering hulleself wil verbind tot die oplossing van plaasmoorde, en daardeur ‘n eerste stap wil gee na verantwoordelike regering, en of hy verkies om soos sy gesant gedoen het, met die “struggle” voort te gaan deur feite met emosionele uitbarstings te beantwoord. Daarmee het hy Suid-Afrika in die oë van die internasionale gemeenskap behoorlik belaglik gemaak.
“Die gesant se aanbeveling aan die VN dat dié strenger keuring moet toepas op minderheidsinstansies wat daar verteenwoordig kan word, is nie net ‘n klap in die gesig van Suid-Afrikaanse minderhede nie, maar ook minderhede van ander wêrelddele. Dit beklemtoon ook dat die Zuma-regering in wese net lippediens aan minderhede betuig, en dat hy nie ernstig is om ook die Grondwetlike regte wat aan minderhede toegeken is, werklik te laat toepas nie,” sê mnr. Van de Graaf.
TLU SA se Hoofbestuurder, mnr. Bennie van Zyl, sê dat totdat mnr. Zuma en sy regering hulle plig teenoor die landbougemeenskap gaan nakom, sal TLU SA voortgaan met hierdie soort internasionale bewusmakingsaksies.
TAU SA will continue its’ international awareness campaigns
President Jacob Zuma should rather focus on solving the scourge of farm murders instead of allowing his diplomatic staff to make emotional outbursts.
TAU SA’s Assistant General Manager: Communications, Mr Henk van de Graaf, has returned from a visit to Geneva where he presented the issue of farm murders at the UN Human Rights Committee‘s Forum on Minority Issues.
“If Mr Zuma and his government would have done their duty in terms of the Constitution, by inter alia, to protect farmers against physical annihilation, we would not have needed to go to draw the world‘s attention to this situation, ” said Mr van de Graaf after he and the management team of TAU thoroughly studied the speech of Ms. Tsholofelo Tsheole, South Africa’s Permanent Representative, at the same conference.
“Mr. Zuma will have to clarify whether he and his ANC government are prepared to commit themselves to solving these farm murders. This will also be a first step towards responsible government contrary to continuing with the “struggle” by responding to factual evidence with emotional outbursts. South Africa’s image has been properly ridiculed in the eyes of the international community.
“The SA representative’s recommendation to the UN that stricter selection and screening should apply to minority institutions which may be represented is not only a slap in the face of South African minorities, but also to minorities of other parts of the world. It also emphasizes that the Zuma government essentially just practices lip service to minorities and that it is not serious about also the Constitutional rights which are supposed to protect minorities,” said Mr. van de Graaf.
TAU SA’s General Manager, Mr. Bennie van Zyl said that until Mr. Zuma and his government will fulfill their duty to the agricultural community, TAU SA will continue with this type of international awareness campaigns.
