MK Party to introduce private member's bill to clarify what self-determination means
MK Party parliamentary chief whip, Mzwanele Manyi, said that places like Orania and Kleinfontein had adopted different interpretations of what the section meant.
Kleinfontein is a white Afrikaans-only settlement. Picture: Thabiso Goba/Eyewitness News.
JOHANNESBURG - Following its visit to the white Afrikaans-only settlement of Kleinfontein, near Pretoria, the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has vowed to introduce a private member's bill that clarifies what self-determination means.
A small delegation of the country’s official opposition party visited the eastern Pretoria settlement on Monday, on what it called a fact-finding mission.
The MK Party said it suspects the settlement was abusing section 235 of the Constitution, which allows for self-determination for communities of shared common cultural and language heritage.
Mzwanele Manyi, MK Parliamentary Chief Whip, said when the party comes into government it will consult with everyone and all communities.
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Manyi said the visit to Kleinfontein was to consult the community on a number of issues. TCG pic.twitter.com/nGp1BaqDN6
MK Party parliamentary chief whip, Mzwanele Manyi, said that places like Orania and Kleinfontein had adopted different interpretations of what the section meant.
"We hold the view as the MK Party in Parliament that section 235 is vague and it leads to all kinds of interpretations and some of those lend themselves to apartheid kind of situations. So we want to make sure that clause is further clarified because we hold that view that as much as we must respect all the cultures but the respect of all the cultures must not in any shape or form remind us of apartheid," said Manyi.