ActionSA Opens Criminal Case After Member is Assaulted and Hospitalised
Thoko Mashiane
ActionSA Mpumalanga Provincial Chairperson
ActionSA has opened a case of assault after one of our members was brutally attacked after attending a branch launch with ActionSA President, Herman Mashaba, in Barberton, Mpumalanga, over the past weekend.
Our member, who is now recovering in hospital, believes the attack was politically motivated as members of the opposition were attempting to dissuade him from participating in ActionSA events.
ActionSA believes that it is ANC members who are behind the assault. This does not only violate our member’s fundamental rights and freedoms, but it also grossly undermines the democratic ideals and principles enshrined in our Constitution.
This level of intolerance and political hooliganism cannot go unpunished. It is for this reason thatPresident Mashabahas written to Police Minister, Bheki Cele, to give the case the attention it deserves and ensure the culprit(s) is brought to justice.
No part of South Africa is off bounds when it comes to campaigning and the simple truth is that the ANC is intimidated by the rise of any political party – including ActionSA.
As a party which values the rule of law, ActionSA will not allow other political parties to infringe on any South African’s right to affiliate with whichever political party, and to freely campaign without fear and intimidation.
ActionSA Opens Criminal Case After Member is Assaulted and Hospitalised
ActionSA has opened a case of assault after one of our members was brutally attacked after attending a branch launch with ActionSA President, Herman Mashaba, in Barberton, Mpumalanga, over the past weekend.
Our member, who is now recovering in hospital, believes the attack was politically motivated as members of the opposition were attempting to dissuade him from participating in ActionSA events.
ActionSA believes that it is ANC members who are behind the assault. This does not only violate our member’s fundamental rights and freedoms, but it also grossly undermines the democratic ideals and principles enshrined in our Constitution.
This level of intolerance and political hooliganism cannot go unpunished. It is for this reason that President Mashaba has written to Police Minister, Bheki Cele, to give the case the attention it deserves and ensure the culprit(s) is brought to justice.
No part of South Africa is off bounds when it comes to campaigning and the simple truth is that the ANC is intimidated by the rise of any political party – including ActionSA.
As a party which values the rule of law, ActionSA will not allow other political parties to infringe on any South African’s right to affiliate with whichever political party, and to freely campaign without fear and intimidation.