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Dumisa Ntsebeza
7 quotes
“I have been called many things in my day, some of them clearly unprintable. But only once was I labelled wayward which, given the context of my life, is probably accurate. Also, so far as I am concerned, and especially from whence the label came, it was a compliment. It is one I shared with my friend of nearly 30 years, the advocate, campaigning jurist and, latterly.”
Dumisa Ntsebeza (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I can testify that I, in 1986, with Ms Linda Zama, Selby Baqwa (now Judge) and Bernard Ngoepe (now retired Judge President) were flown to Geneva, ostensibly to meet with the World Council of Churches (WCC) representatives, and report to them on the situation at home, and indicate in what way the WCC could assist, especially in the raising of funds, for the representation of those who were increasingly swelling the Apartheid jails as detainees.”
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“During this visit, there were hints that it was important to have lawyers or a body of lawyers who would be the leaders of a new outlook, lawyers who would begin to articulate and brainstorm the kinds of values that would inform a post-Apartheid society and its constitutional architecture.”
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“The tragic events that occurred between 12 and 16 August 2012 originated from the decision and the conduct of the strikers in embarking on an unprotected strike and in enforcing the strike by violence and intimidation using dangerous weapons for the purpose.”
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“The miners begin to see a build-up of police numbers from 209 on the 13th, 542 on the 14th, to 689 on the 15th, and 718 on the 16th. They see warlike heavy weapons ... rumbling into Marikana. The commission should have concluded from the evidence that the mineworkers must have been terrified, that they were brutally attacked and killed by a combination of police and Lonmin security.”
Dumisa Ntsebeza (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I grew up in a house where my parents, who were both teachers, had respect for education. Our family-owned a large piece of land where we grew mielies and, as children, we were expected to work on the land. This was definitely not my favourite pastime. My father was an important and respected man in the area, and even the police didn’t just enter our property without permission.”
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“Some Saturdays, we worked as caddies at a property used as a golf course by local white residents. We used that money to pay for movies at the municipal hall in town and although we were forced to sit at the back, due to apartheid laws, we ended up having a better view than the whites who occupied the front seats.”
Dumisa Ntsebeza (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source