Post by cjm on Jul 12, 2019 7:19:59 GMT
The Afrikanerbond would like to remind the SAHRC that it dismissed a complaint that we lodged in August 2008 against former Minister Essop Pahad and racist remarks he made in Beijing, China, about white people. In a letter dated 1 September 2008 (See letter attached), the SAHRC says:
"We wish to advise that the functions of the South African Human Rights Commission are set out in section 184 of the Constitution. In particular, section 184(1)(c) provides the ‘South African Human Rights Commission must monitor and assess the observation of human rights in the republic.’ In the light of the aforegoing, we note that the Minister has made such utterances while in Beijing. In this regard, the cause of action arose in Beijing and the South African Human Rights Commission has no jurisdiction in matters arising outside the republic."