South Africa has used up its only get out of jail free card.
North Gauteng High Court wanted him arrested. They did nothing.
Following an application by the DA, the Pretoria High Court ruled that government’s decision to leave the ICC is unlawful and must be withdrawn.
DA leader Mmusi Maimane on Friday laid criminal charges against some cabinet members, senior government officials, the Hawks, SAPS and NPA over the government’s plot to assist wanted criminal Omar al-Bashir escape SA.
We’re not going anywhere, just yet.
Now why would a handful of statesmen, in the words of justice minister Michael Masutha, want to avoid South Africa until we’re no longer bound by the rules of the International Criminal Court?
The Democratic Alliance’s Stevens Mokgalapa has lashed out at the ANC’s “manufactured outrage” over the opposition’s overseas trips, and outlined just how much damage the ruling party has actually done to SA’s image abroad.
The legitimacy and credibility of those in power has been eroded by bad governance, patronage and the obsession to claim an exclusive agency representing the people.
The SA government has written to the International Criminal Court following the court’s decision to haul us in front of what is essentially a commission of enquiry.
We throw around the word ‘genocide’ sometimes without really understanding what it means. The word obviously is a fearful, brutal one… ‘the intentional act to destroy a people in whole or in part’. Let that sink in for a second. DESTROY a people.
It is a sad day for South Africa. It is a sad day for Africa. Why did it come to this?
South African politicians defend Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir fleeing an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, saying the ICC is a bully and targets Africa. A human rights media trainer disagrees.
Hot on the heels of Burundi’s decision to leave the ICC on account of keeping their president in power much longer than their constitution allows, South Africa has officially started the process, making it the 2nd ever country to do so.
The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled against president Zuma and his government’s decision to let Omar al-Bashir go; effectively branding their actions unlawful.
Our ex-finance minister apparently put a stop to a little deal between SAA’s Dudu Myeni and mass-murderer Omar al-Bashir… which cost him his job.
In six days the South African government will have to explain to the International Criminal Court why Omar al-Bashir was let go, and the court has already warned the government of the repercussions of their actions.
On October 5 the South African government will have to explain to the International Criminal Court why exactly wanted criminal Omar al-Bashir was allowed to leave the country, even though they had ordered his arrest… but nobody seems to give a rats *ss.
Another big oll f*** you to the international community from South Africa; we want your support and your money, but we refuse to abide by international law.
The opposition has taken another stab at removing the president from office, this time in the form of the Omar al-Bashir debacle, but the ANC’s not taking the attack lying down.
The ruling party’s deputy secretary general, Jesse Duarte, said that it’s “unfortunate that South Africa – read ANC – had to disobey the Pretoria High Court’s ruling on Omar al-Bashir.”
Just over a year ago this video came out, highlighting the president – and presidency’s – blunders, hoping to move the populous towards change. That didn’t happen, but there’s another election on the horizon.
A new report claims that el presidente and four of his cabinet ministers hatched a – not so cunning – plan to help mass-murderer Omar al-Bashir escape South Africa despite our high court ordering them not to.
South Africa has been heavily criticised for allowing President Omar al-Bashir, a man wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide related to the conflict in Darfur, to fly out of Waterkloof and return to Sudan.
The ruling party has, in light of their criminal refusal to arrest the criminal Omar Al Bashir, bashed the ICC, saying it’s no longer a useful organisation.