#KnowYourDA
The Constitutional Court ruled today that the City of Cape Town & Western Cape Government entrenched apartheid spatial housing patterns by failing to provide affordable housing in areas such as Sea Point & Cape Town CBD.
#CountryDuty
Really important judgment out tomorrow:
Does the Western Cape Government and the City of Cape Town have a constitutional obligation to
- solve spatial apartheid?
- build housing for poor people in the rich parts of the city?
We’ll hear tomorrow.
Anti-apartheid activists known as 'The Cradock Four' (Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto, and Sicelo Mhlawuli) were brutally murdered by the apartheid regime's security police on this day in 1985.
Out of respect and diplomatic protocol, we don’t make comments on South Africa’s relations with other countries. Likewise, we oppose envoys of other countries publicly commenting on relations between China and South Africa.
Reminder that NY-10 is *the most Jewish district in America*, and voters still rejected pro-Israel incumbent Dan Goldman by 30+ points for Brad Lander, who called Gaza a genocide and wants to cut off all weapons to Israel.
Jewish people aren’t falling for rabid Zionism
For everyone who says countries don't need to act because a court hasn't found Israel guilty of genocide, here's Francesca Albanese explaining the requirements of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in under 20 seconds.