Reminders of brutal pandemic
AS THE government prepares to expunge the criminal records of thousands of offenders, human rights activists have warned against the military-style policing that has resulted in 300 000 arrests during lockdown.
“It is clear that of all the promises of 1994, there has been a collective failure to honour those rights-friendly promises, they are just rights on paper now,” said human rights activist Zonke Majodina, a former commissioner with the Human Rights Commission.
She said it amounts to a miscarriage of justice when the very people entrusted with protecting the nation become perpetrators of abuse. While there have been examples of people breaking the law by transporting alcohol and
