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The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation joins South Africans and peace-loving citizens of the world in commemorating the United Nations (UN) General Assembly resolution declaring apartheid a crime against humanity.
 

Fifty-nine years ago on 30 November 1966, the UN General Assembly passed resolution 2202, officially declaring apartheid as a crime against humanity, condemning its policies and through the 1973 Convention, apartheid was formally defined as a crime to be suppressed and punished.
 

The Chairperson of the committee, Mr Supra Mahumapelo, said the declaration of apartheid as a crime against humanity was a watershed and a memorable step for the struggle of the people of South Africa against apartheid. He said, that declaration translated to the direct and indirect isolation of the white South Africa from many international trading and diplomatic platforms of cooperation among other things.
 

Mr Mahumapelo said: “As the country is moving towards the end of the celebration of the 31st anniversary of freedom from the shackles of apartheid, we are certain that it will never again slide into that bondage as our iconic leader, tata Nelson Mandela said on 10 May 1996 in his speech on that historic day of the adoption of the Constitution ‘our pledge is: never and never again shall the laws of our land render our people apart or legalise their oppression and repression. Together, we shall march, hand-in-hand, to a brighter future.”

Issued by the Parliamentary Communication Services on behalf of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation, Supra Mahumapelo