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Making headlines: Life Esidimeni judgment to be delivered on July 10; ZEP holders urged to obtain alternative visas; And Kenyan protesters promise more rallies after deadly parliament violence

 

Life Esidimeni judgment to be delivered on July 10

The much-anticipated judgment in the Life Esidimeni Inquest will be delivered on July 10, by Judge Mmonoa Teffo of the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.

The judgment was previously set down to be delivered on June 28.

The inquest was launched to determine the cause of the deaths of the 141 mental health care users who died after they were transferred from Life Esidimeni to unlicenced non-governmental organisations.

SECTION27 represented 44 mental healthcare users who died in conditions of extreme neglect, with many of them being emaciated, dehydrated and suffering from bed sores, it said.

 

 

ZEP holders urged to obtain alternative visas

Following the court judgment that the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit will remain effective until November 29, 2025, the National Employers’ Association of South Africa is urging all permit holders to obtain alternative visas as soon as practicably possible.

Last week, the Constitutional Court dismissed Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi’s appeal against last year’s High Court judgment, which found that his decision to scrap the ZEPs was procedurally unfair and infringed on the constitutional rights of ZEP holders.

Motsoaledi must now comply with the High Court order.

Neasa said this was a positive development for affected employers and employees.

 

 

And Kenyan protesters promise more rallies after deadly parliament violence

Kenyan protesters vowed today to keep up their demonstrations against new tax hikes, a day after police opened fire on crowds trying to storm parliament, leaving at least eight people dead and scores wounded.

An online outpouring of anger over tax increases has swelled into a nationwide protest movement calling for a political overhaul, in the most serious crisis of President William Ruto's two-year-old presidency.

Many social media users focused on Ruto's speech after the clashes, in which he said the attack on parliament was the work of "criminals pretending to be peaceful protesters".

Nairobi's main public mortuary received the bodies of six people killed in Tuesday's protests, a police officer posted there said. Another two bodies and 160 people with injuries came into the Kenyatta National Hospital, two health officials said.

 

That’s a roundup of news making headlines today

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