Zuma's failure to condemn anti-gay law an insult to the Constitution
The DA is outraged by the failure of President Zuma to condemn the draconian anti-gay legislation passed in Uganda earlier this year.
In a reply to my parliamentary question - which I posed to President Zuma to gain clarity on his position on this matter which has received worldwide condemnation - the President said that "South Africa respects the sovereign rights of other countries to adopt their own legislation".
This is an insult to our constitution and to President Mandela's human rights inspired foreign policy. President Zuma, and the entire leadership of the ANC, should hang their heads in shame.
The international community did not adopt a ‘hands off' approach to Apartheid South Africa. We should likewise not stand quietly by as our president adopts this shameful approach when other countries violate the human rights of their people.
To do so is to send a message to the rest of the world that we are hypocrites.