{"id":919503,"date":"2022-01-25T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/25\/mps-slam-security-officials-attack-on-eastern-cape-councillor\/"},"modified":"2022-01-25T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T14:00:00","slug":"mps-slam-security-officials-attack-on-eastern-cape-councillor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/25\/mps-slam-security-officials-attack-on-eastern-cape-councillor\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs slam security officials\u2019 attack on Eastern Cape councillor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fc0cf9b3-2203-5bde-9c15-2aca48ef4974&#038;operation=CROP&#038;offset=0x30&#038;resize=2953x1661.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div><!--sse--><\/p>\n<p>Cape Town &#8211; The select committee on co-operative governance, water and sanitation has condemned the dragging of a female councillor in the Eastern Cape, and called for the provincial department to take action.<\/p>\n<p>The chairperson of the select committee of co-operative governance in the National Council of Provinces, China Dodovu, said on Tuesday that the conduct of security officials in Amathole district municipality was not acceptable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A video circulated on social media in which councillor Nanziwe Rulashe was being dragged in the building.<\/p>\n<p>Dodovu\u2019s comment comes as five people appeared in court in East London on charges of assault. They were released on bail. <\/p>\n<p>The ANC in the Eastern Cape also slammed the assault.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RelatedArticlescss__StyledRelatedArticles-sc-10g88yu-0 ezIKFV\">\n<h2><span>MORE ON THIS<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Dodovu said serious action needed to be taken against those responsible for the assault.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe incident in question is barbaric and uncalled for on many grounds, but the most nauseating is the manhandling of a female public representative by male security officers. This is concerning in the context of ever-increasing gender-based violence in the country, which requires a concerted effort to overcome,\u201d said Dodovu.<\/p>\n<p>He called for an investigation into the matter, and said action needed to be taken.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIt will be ideal that the provincial Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Department handles the investigation to ensure impartiality and that no stone is left unturned,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dodovu said the investigation must be completed timeously. He said this behaviour must not be accepted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsequence management is the only thing that can restore Councillor Rulashe\u2019s dignity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town &#8211; The select committee on co-operative governance, water and sanitation has condemned the dragging of a female councillor in the Eastern Cape, and called for the provincial department to take action. The chairperson of the select committee of co-operative governance in the National Council of Provinces, China Dodovu, said on Tuesday that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-919503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}