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<h2><span>Cabinet condemns Lesufi 'hanging' incident</span></h2>

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                                            Gauteng Education MEC 
Panyaza Lesufi has come under attack and has been accused of wanting to 
rid schools of Afrikaans through the introduction of a dual language 
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                                            <span>The effigy of Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi being hung in a tree by two men in Pretoria. Picture: @Lesufi/Twitter</span>
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                                                    <p>CAPE TOWN – Cabinet has condemned in an incident where <a href="http://ewn.co.za/2018/04/26/gauteng-anc-outraged-by-hanging-threat-against-education-mec-lesufi">two men hanged an effigy of Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi</a> in Pretoria.</p><p>The incident happened outside the offices the Basic Education Ministry’s office on Wednesday. It’s been labelled as racist.</p><p>Lesufi
 has come under attack and has been accused of wanting to rid schools of
 Afrikaans through the introduction of a dual language policy.</p>
                                                    
                                                        
                                                        
                                                            
                                                            


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                                                    <p>Communications 
Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has called on white South Africans to 
distance themselves from the actions of the two men.</p><p>She says that
 Lesufi should be protected for defending the Constitution, adding that 
any action against the two men should be handled by the relevant law 
enforcement agencies.</p><p>Mokonyane says this is unfortunately the 
attitude of many white South Africans and warned that there are laws 
that criminalise hate speech.</p><p><em>LISTEN: Lesufi: These morons came to 'hang' me</em></p></span>

<br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies                     <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone:  (215) 898-7475<br>Fax:  (215) 573-2138                                      <br><br>Email:  <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a>    <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
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