We+reject+apartheidification+and+lottering+of+justice,+YCLSA

YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE OF SOUTH AFRICA, PRESS STATEMENT, 18 January 2006
=WE REJECT THE APARTHEIDIFICATION AND THE LOTTERING OF OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM!=

The Young Communist League (YCL) notes with disgust the sentence that was meted on Marcel Nel by the Thabazimbi Magistrates Court in Limpopo. This sentence is a reflection of the untransformed and Apartheidification of justice by our countries courts.

As the Young Communist League we reject with contempt any judgment that will be determined on the basis of one’s skin pigmentation or social standing. In line with our constitutional democracy the law must serve all the citizens of our country equally irrespective of their skin pigmentation and class background. We strongly believe without any impingement of the law that Marcel Nel deserves life imprisonment like any other murderer rather than reducing our justice into a lotto justice system.

This case has quantified our long held belief that the law in South Africa only protects those who are better off and victimizes the majority of our people, especially the working class and the poor. As the YCL we reiterate the call made by the ANC to speed up the transformation of judiciary system, and we further call on the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Ms Bridgette Mabandla to facilitate this process of transforming our judiciary before more people are being victimized by those who do not believe in the values and ethos of the new dispensation.

The YCL will mobilise the public in making sure that the continued Apartheidification of justice comes to an end. We further call on the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to detect whether justice was done or there was miscarriage of justice in the case against Marcel Nel. Furthermore we call on the NPA to take forward the matter and appeal for a imposition of a harsher sentence against Marcel Nel.

Issued by **Buti Manamela** National Secretary Young Communist League


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