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  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (Tuesday, 03 March 2015)

LUCAS LEBYANE SHOT DEAD BY POLICE IN MPUMALANGA PROTEST (Draft Resolution)

  • ← WORLD WILDLIFE DAY COINCIDES WITH CITES ANNIVERSARY (Draft Resolution)
  • PRESIDENT HIFIKEPUNYE POHAMBA WINS 2014 IBRAHIM PRIZE (Draft Resolution) →
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    Mr N P Khoza 3 Mar 2015 hansard

    House Chairperson, I move without notice:

    That the House -

    1) notes that the protest in Mpumalanga, between Bushbuckridge and Acornhoek, over water on Thursday, 26 February 2015 saw the death of 15-year-old Lucas Lebyane, shot dead by police for demanding water;

    2) also notes that the police used live ammunition, shooting the Grade 9 learner of Alfred Matshine Secondary School dead and injuring at least one other;

    3) further notes that the community was protesting over a lack of water, a basic human right, but the ANC government sent in police with live ammunition, like they did at Marikana, as well as Ficksburg, to kill Andries Tatane and many more who have dared demand better;

    4) also notes that more and more communities are fast losing faith in government's capacity to provide quality basic services so that the poor have to resort to protest, which often becomes violent;

    5) condemns the use of live ammunition against poor, unarmed and defenceless people whose only crime is to demand better services;

    6) calls on the government to assist with the burial of the 15-year-old and to take appropriate action against the police officers who used live ammunition against defenceless people; 7) further notes that the government failed to provide services, but sent in the police against poor people whose only crime was to demand better services;

    8) expresses its condolences to the Lebyane family and Alfred Matshine Secondary School in their loss;

    9) condemns in the harshest terms possible police brutality against poor people, and the use of live ammunition; and

    10) calls on the Minister to ensure that no live ammunition will be used during protests.

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    House Chairperson (Mr C T Frolick) hansard

    I now put the motion. Are there any objections?

    HON MEMBERS: Yes!

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    House Chairperson (Mr C T Frolick) hansard

    There are objections to the motion and therefore it is not agreed to.

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  • ← WORLD WILDLIFE DAY COINCIDES WITH CITES ANNIVERSARY (Draft Resolution)
  • PRESIDENT HIFIKEPUNYE POHAMBA WINS 2014 IBRAHIM PRIZE (Draft Resolution) →

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