Times Of Swaziland: ‘REGISTER MINORITY ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS LGBTQI’

‘REGISTER MINORITY ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS LGBTQI’
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Phiwase Phungwayo on 14/07/2022 08:53:00


LOBAMBA – Lubombo MP Lorraine Nxumalo wants the Ministry of Home Affairs to
allow for the registration of minority organisations such as LGBTQIs, so that
they can operate freely without discrimination.
LGBTQIs is an acronym for lesbians, gays, bisexual, transgender, queer and
intersex. MP Nxumalo put it before the august House that the minister’s report
stated that there would be monitoring of steps by the ministry to promulgate
into legislation efforts that would make non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
to be governed.
She highlighted a concern that in the SADC Region, there were some countries
that used this law to shut down civil societies, whose job was to hold
government accountable. “What assurance can the minister give, that this law
has not come to drag and trample on the rights of civil society and to prevent
it from working freely without prejudice? On that note, there are minority
organisations in the country that are struggling to register. Can this law
assist them to operate?” she queried.