PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE BRIEFING REFUGEES AMENDMENT BILL

Parliament, Cape Town 11 October 2016

I attended a Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs Meeting in respect of the Refugees Amendment Bill [12-2016] in Parliament on Tuesday 11 October 2016 in the Committee Room M315, Marks Building. 

I recorded the entire briefing session by the Department of Home Affairs under the leadership of the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Ms Fatima Chohan assisted by the Chief Director of Legal Services Adv. Deon Erasmus. 

You can listen to 2 hours and 11 minutes of recording by clicking here.

Phone me: 011 783 2248 or 084 456 1030. Or write me an e-mail: neelscoertse@wirelessza.co.za 

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THERE IS ALMOST ALWAYS A PROTEST ACTION AT PARLIAMENT CAPE TOWN

The Protestor 11 October 2016

The world is an upside down place to live in. 

People are protesting against everything and anything. There are always people who are unsatisfied with something; actually anything. Any place that represents authority is a good place to go to with your protest march. But you have to dress up smartly, because there are photographers lurking around every corner and who knows may you get noticed. 

When I left the Portfolio Committee Meeting at Parliament on Tuesday I found these people silently and almost unobtrusively protesting against Mswati and his monarchy. They were a jovial lot of protesters and more than willing to be photograph. And then they started pointing out other people whom I should also photograph. 

The protesters against the monarchy of Mswati 11 October 2016

It was clear that they were a completely different lot of people and not in the same league as the students that are looting and burning and threatening to kill so that they can study for free!

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