Carry on with your misrepresentation kukkuk and weyer . your days are numbered in representation of us gays !

Melanie says Lances enquiry on the work of the Task Team attacks Poor people are spending their own money and begging for donations. It must be clarified that the government spent R351,904.00 to allow for NGOs and other civil society groups to attend meetings.

It has emerged that civil society groups say that the task team “appears to exist in a vacuum” and that its work is not integrated with efforts by government departments on the team. Lances accusations of poor work relations were proven true when it emerged that government saw civil society groups as unrealistic, untrustworthy and chaotic, while they saw government as arrogant, rigid and ignorant. There has been little evidence of working together. We can only hope that now things will work as promised improvements are made.

MR. GAY SOUTH AFRICA

Part 2: Not surprisingly, the answers provided by the DoJ create further questions which will also be put to the Department. Lance has also liaised with the DA Shadow Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Dene Smuts, on the subject of the task team and related strategies. The DA Parliamentary Leader Lindiwe Mazibuko subsequently submitted parliamentary questions to the Minister of Justice to receive the facts and relevant information in writing.

Mambaonline has made use of the answers to the PAI Act answers plus additional research to put together an enlightening article on the issue. Sources told Mambaonline that, while there was some genuine concern about the issues, the creation of the team was largely a hurried public relations exercise by the government to save face internationally. As such, it was not properly thought out, no structures were in place and the task team didnt have defined goals and objectives. When the Department was accused to not meeting their mandate the immediate response was to shoot the whistle blower to try and silence him fortunately Lance knew his suspicions were well founded and continued to pursue the matter.

In re-reading all correspondence all of Lances accusations were proven true. The only matter that Lance was not clear on was funding which has emerged comes from internal Department funds. They however have not indicated which vote (government account) this money is being drawn from. The Department has said that costing for 2012/2013 financial year is R427,067.00 only for the NGOs/Civil society Groups costs (travel etc).

RE: THE SO-CALLED ‘HATE CRIMES TASK TEAM’

While not wanting to draw away from the IMPORTANT issue here, which is the success of the task team who should be protecting our Constitutional Rights, we cannot allow people to wrongly slander us.

It must be clearly stated that USA blog-writer Melanie Nathan’s article, it is HER point of view and HER opinion. Melanie accuses Lance of dividing the LGBTI community, when in fact his inquiries have helped to uncover a mess which is resulting in the community not receiving the protection is deserves. The only one that has caused any division is Melanie who seems to have her own agenda. There was and is no “investigation”, the DoJ do not have jurisdiction for any such “investigation” (that is what the courts are there for) and to date no action – because as stated below, Lance was correct. (Anyone saying there is an “investigation” pending, musts how tangible proof – which we have asked for and did not receive).

The facts are that Lance submitted a request for records of a public body in terms of Section 18(1) of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (2000) which forced the Department into providing answers to his questions which they treated with resistance earlier. When Lance first approached the Department of Justice they did not respond, only to later threaten him with an investigation which has never materialised, but Nathan seems to keep quoting without evidence. With the PAI Act application they were forced to respond, cleanly underestimating Lances understanding of public law.

Doubt that that will ever happen!