Lamola to 'urgently assist' Kanya Cekeshe to apply for presidential pardon.

[daveza]

Lamola to 'urgently assist' Kanya Cekeshe to apply for presidential pardon

This comes after the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on Monday dismissed an application by Cekeshe for leave to appeal against his 2017 conviction for public violence and malicious damage to property.

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Hot on the heels of the Durban idiot, we now have another.

Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola on Monday announced that his department was in the process of assisting Fees Must Fall activist Kanya Cekeshe with a possible application for a presidential pardon or “other legally available avenues” for him to be released from prison.

This after the Johannesburg Magistrates Court dismissed an application by Cekeshe for leave to appeal his 2017 conviction and sentence for public violence and malicious damage to property. The court also dismissed his application for bail pending an application in the High Court in Johannesburg against both his conviction and sentence.

Magistrate Theunis Carstens said the defence’s applications did not hold water and no other court would find differently.

But, taking to Twitter shortly after the judgment, Lamola said the government had noted the dismissal of both the leave to appeal and bail against the only Fees Must Fall activist in custody.

“We note the dismissal of both the leave to appeal and bail for Fees Must Fall activists Kanya Cekeshe by the Johannesburg Magistrate Court. We’re in the process of urgently assisting him with an application for presidential pardon or other legally available avenues,” he tweeted.

Unf'ingbelievable.

 

[daveza]

Merge please.

 

[Flanders]

The jaundice-eyed simpleton from the kiddie league. Defiant, racist dumb fck then...defiant, racist dumb fck now. And I'm not talking about Kanya Cekeshe.

 

[R13...]

As if the country doesn't have a chronic rioting problem most of which bears no consequences now our justice minister wants to further reinforce that view

 

[ponder]

Intereference in the judicial process, nothing new as it's been done for the cadres. Zero respect for the rule of law.

 

[daveza]

The EFF has deployed the 'best legal brains' to free Kanya Cekeshe: Julius Malema

EFF supporters gathered at the Johannesburg magistrate's court on Wednesday, where the student activist applied for bail

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The EFF has deployed the 'best legal brains' to free Kanya Cekeshe: Julius Malema

Eish, big fail.

Maybe you need to try the even bestererest legal brains.

 

[yebocan]

...well, will help with the youth vote the ANC has/is bleeding to the EFF...

 

[SoldierMan]

So if it's ok to burn a police car when angry, then it must be ok to burn down a school/train/anything you feel like if you feel strongly enough.

What a frikken idiot supporting this guy. I do think his sentence was a bit harsh though and he should have been allowed to appeal but a pardon is just ridiculous.

 

[daveza]

‘We will shut down the country until Kanya Cekeshe is set free’ – EFF Student Command | City Press

The EFF Student Command is furious after Fees Must Fall activist Kanya Cekeshe was denied bail and his bid to appeal his conviction and eight-year sentence was dismissed.

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‘We will shut down the country until Kanya Cekeshe is set free’ – EFF Student Command

The EFF Student Command (EFFSC) is furious after Fees Must Fall activist Kanya Cekeshe was denied bail and his bid to appeal his conviction and eight-year sentence was dismissed.

“It is not a secret, in fact we are planning a national shutdown of the entire country until Kanya Cekeshe is set free. It cannot be that an innocent student is found guilty by fake judges for fighting a just cause,” EFFSC president Mandla Shikwambana told City Press after the verdict was delivered on Monday afternoon at the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court.

“As the student command we will liaise with all branches of the EFFSC across the country in planning a shutdown and I can tell you that it is going to happen very soon”, Shikwabana said.

Do me a favour, you guys would battle to shut down a leaking tap.

 

[ToxicBunny]

That's a fscking laugh... National shutdown over a criminal cretin who disrupted many students learning...

 

[3WA]

They managed to jail one of these f***ing vandals from FMF and now they want to let him go as well.

 

[konfab]

Primarily what he will be judged on is how he deals with access, the truest access to justice.
— Adv Tshepo Mahlare

http://www.702.co.za/articles/35024...al-services-minister-must-restore-credibility

Truely, the minister is fulfilling his noble mandate to justice by giving a criminal thug access to the president.

 

[konfab]

The new dawn everyone, remember, the Messiah will deliver us from corruption.

 

[ɹǝuuᴉM]

As if the country doesn't have a chronic rioting problem most of which bears no consequences now our justice minister wants to further reinforce that view

Enjoy the ride comrade.

 

[ɹǝuuᴉM]

They managed to jail one of these f***ing vandals from FMF and now they want to let him go as well.

Honestly, do they ever know what they want?

 

[Hemi300c]

POS deserves a longer sentence nothing less. Anyone supporting him needs to be alongside him.

 

[access]

need to keep that victimism going

 

[daveza]

'Kanya Cekeshe must be freed, whatever it takes' — Fikile Mbalula as Ronald Lamola promises to act

“We must fix this. This cader must be freed whatever it takes.”

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'Kanya Cekeshe must be freed, whatever it takes' — Fikile Mbalula as Ronald Lamola promises to act

“We must fix this. This cadre must be freed whatever it takes.”

This is what transport minister Fikile Mbalula said after the Johannesburg magistrate's court on Monday denied Fees Must Fall activist Kanya Cekeshe leave to appeal against his 2017 conviction.

 

[thestaggy]

Potato of a government.

 

[yebocan]

Students need to be responsible, can't burn libraries or try to burn a police car - Batohi

Students have to behave responsibly and expect consequences if they try to set alight a police vehicle with people in it, National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi said.

She addressed the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on Tuesday.

A day before, the #FeesMustFall activist Kanya Cekeshe failed in his bid to have his his conviction and eight-year sentence dismissed.

Cekeshe was convicted of public violence and malicious damage to property after he tried to set a police van alight during the protests.

He is serving an eight-year sentence in Leeuwkop Correctional Services in Bryanston.

Shortly after Monday's verdict, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola tweeted that his department is in the process of urgently assisting Cekeshe with an application for a presidential pardon or other legally available avenues.

During Tuesday's meeting, DA MP Glynnis Breytenbach asked Batohi what Lamola's announcement does to the morale of prosecutors who work hard on difficult matters, only for it to be undone with the stroke of a pen.

Batohi said she and Lamola work closely together.

"He is very, very committed to the independence of the NPA and also to supporting the NPA with the necessary resources the executive can give to the NPA," Batohi said.

"This is not something that the minister hasn't mentioned previously. But as far as the prosecutors are concerned, we know that notwithstanding in some instances what the executive might do, we need to do what we have to do."

She said many students were arrested, but the NPA decided to withdraw many of the less serious offences.

Students need to be responsible, can't burn libraries or try to burn a police car - Batohi

Students have to behave responsibly and expect consequences if they try to set alight a police vehicle with people in it, National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi has said.

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