SA 'must get out of ICC'
23 June 2015 - 02:01
The International Criminal Court "is dangerous" and South Africa should withdraw from it, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said yesterday. Mantashe was defending the government's decision not to arrest indicted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir."If I was in government, I would say: 'Give notice, get out of that, it was not what was envisioned. It is a tool in the hands of the powerful to destroy the weak and it is a court that is focusing on Africa, Eastern Europe and Middle East'," Mantashe said on Talk Radio 702. Zuma is to answer questions on Bashir's departure in the National Assembly today...
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