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Leaders of the KwaSizabantu Mission withdrew from a CRL Rights Commission hearing over alleged abuses at the mission.
Acting on behalf of the mission, attorney Keith Matthee argued that the CRL Commission on Rights would not give KwaSizabantu a fair hearing and said the president, Professor David Mosoma, should recuse himself.
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The commission and representatives of KwaSizabantu clashed with the comments Mosoma made in the media.
These comments were the “nail in the coffin” for KwaSizabantu. Matthee said the mission believed the commission was not impartial.
In response, the commission assured them that they were impartial and added that “[our] the main responsibility is to promote and protect. “
After Mosoma refused to recuse himself, the mission said it would consider its options and inform the commission of its decision in writing.
“We have a deep problem with how, as of Friday and culminating in your interview yesterday, how this Chapter 9 institution has behaved in this matter.
“At this stage, it is our opinion that what has happened particularly in this [media] interview, amounts to misconduct in terms of the act, which may have more consequences for the commissioner, “said Matthee.
Mosoma replied: “Today we gave you an opportunity, as this particular issue is in the public domain, to tell South Africa what the witnesses told South Africa about what happened there.”
“You have the right to postpone this, you can postpone this, but remember, the issue of rape, the president said, is a pandemic. It is intolerable,” Mosoma added, referring to some of the allegations.
More to follow.
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