SA Opposition Threatens To Call Upon ICC To Deal With Zim Govt Over Brutal Crackdown On Protestors

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has challenged South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene decisively in Zimbabwe to put an end to the brutal crackdown by security agents on protestors. The DA is South Africa’s main opposition party.

DA shadow minister for International Relations, Stevens Mokgalapa advised Ramaphosa to ditch his quiet diplomacy and deal firmly with Mnangagwa. The DA said in a statement:

If Ramaphosa fails to intervene and advise Mnangagwa to stop the military clampdown on civilians, the DA will be left with no option but to approach the International Criminal Court (ICC) to consider a preliminary investigation into these violations as outlined in the Rome Statute.

The ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor is empowered by the Rome Statute to … determine whether there is sufficient evidence of crimes of sufficient gravity falling within the ICC’s jurisdiction, whether there are genuine national proceedings, and whether opening an investigation would serve the interests of justice and of the victims.

The DA strongly believes that the human rights crisis currently obtaining in Zimbabwe is of sufficient gravity to warrant an ICC investigation because, according to the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, at least 12 people have been killed, 78 shot at and 240 have faced assault, torture, inhumane and degrading treatment.

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The ICC is an international tribunal that sits in The Hague, in the Netherlands. It has powers to prosecute individuals fingered in crimes related to wanton killings, genocide, crimes against humanity and war transgressions.

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