拉马福萨呼吁以人为本的司法:南非地方选举投票率升至52%,人权委员会称选举基本无事

南非政府新闻署(SAnews)11月12日午间版汇总了南非政府多项动态:总统 Cyril Ramaphosa 在西北省 Sun City 举行的司法准入国际会议上呼吁建设以人为本的司法体系;卫生部副部长 Joe Phaahla 在 Durban 向南部非洲发展共同体(SADC)卫生部长们提出把团结落到实处;一名涉嫌试图离境参加俄乌战争的38岁外国公民在 OR Tambo 国际机场被捕;南非人权委员会称上周举行的地方政府选举基本无事,投票率升至52%。本篇记入南非站纪事。
司法方面,Ramaphosa 周四在 Sun City 会议中心开幕的司法准入国际会议上说,司法体系应当可及、有回应、以普通人的需要为中心,无法接近、被拖延、被腐化或只为特权者保留的司法会侵蚀民主本身。他说:「无法接近的司法就是被拒绝的司法。」会议以「加强以人为本的司法体系,深化民主」为主题,汇集各国政府、司法界、国际机构、法律界与公民社会代表;下个月,南非将纪念民主宪法签署30周年。
Ramaphosa 说,宪法权利的存在并不自动保证人们能行使这些权利:一个人可能享有平等权却仍受歧视,可能享有人格尊严却仍遭受暴力与羞辱,可能有权诉诸法院却付不起律师费、去不了法院或看不懂复杂的法律程序。他说,贫困是通往司法的最大障碍之一,政府有责任保证司法体系资源充足、高效、独立、有回应,包括加强法律援助、支持社区法律服务,并以人们能懂的语言和形式提供法律信息。他同时提醒,技术不得在数字连通者与被排斥者之间制造新的鸿沟,并提出会议应聚焦三件事:让贫困与弱势群体真正接近司法、建设独立负责高效的司法机构、建立衡量司法体系是否改善人们生活的切实办法。
区域卫生方面,Phaahla 在 Durban 为 SADC 卫生部长及负责艾滋病事务部长会议举行的欢迎晚宴上说,成员国应超越团结表态,拿出加强卫生体系、保障医疗供应链、应对气候致健康威胁的实际工具。SADC 卫生部长与负责艾滋病事务部长联席会议周一已在 Durban 开幕。他说,新冠疫情的教训凸显了药品集中采购、本地制造与疾病监测等务实合作的紧迫性,各国正同时面对传染病、艾滋病、结核病、疟疾,以及气候变化带来的洪水、厄尔尼诺与干旱等叠加压力,而发展援助承压、供应链脆弱、建设有韧性卫生体系的成本上升,不能再按老办法应对区域性挑战。
执法方面,一名38岁外国公民周三晚在 OR Tambo 国际机场被捕,预计周四在 Kempton Park 地方法院出庭,面临依1998年《外国军事援助规制法》(第15号法)提出的指控。优先犯罪调查局(Hawks)说,逮捕由国际刑警组织比勒陀利亚国家中心局、Hawks 打击危害国家与严重有组织犯罪调查组、南非警察署犯罪情报部门等多机构组成的联合调查组依情报采取行动,该嫌疑人涉嫌正试图离境参加俄乌战争。本周早些时候,另有九名年龄在20至26岁之间的外国公民于周日晚在同一机场和 Bruma 一家酒店被捕,同样涉嫌试图离开南非参加俄乌战争。
选举方面,南非人权委员会表扬南非选民与选举委员会(IEC)办成了一次基本无事的地方政府选举。委员会说,IEC 公布的2026年地方选举投票率为52%,高于2021年地方选举的45.9%,委员会表扬冒着极端热浪前往投票的选民;委员会在全国至少派出36名选举观察员,监督投票日前后人们的权利是否得到尊重。委员会同时注意到,北开普省 Siyancuma 市 Douglas 一处投票站有人冲击并在计票前毁坏选票,IEC 已宣布将重选,委员会仍肯定 IEC 办成了一次基本无事的选举,并呼吁各政党、候选人与支持者和平接受结果,有异议者走 IEC 投诉程序或法院等法律渠道解决。
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Ramaphosa Calls for People-Centred Justice as South Africa's Rights Commission Hails Largely Incident-Free Local Elections With Turnout Up to 52%
The South African Government News Agency (SAnews) midday edition for November 12 rounds up several government developments: President Cyril Ramaphosa called for people-centred justice systems at the International Conference on Access to Justice in Sun City, North West; Deputy Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla urged Southern African Development Community (SADC) health ministers in Durban to turn solidarity into practical instruments; a 38-year-old foreign national was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport over an alleged attempt to join the Russia-Ukraine war; and the South African Human Rights Commission hailed last week's local government elections as largely incident-free, with turnout up to 52 percent. This report is filed as a South Africa station roundup.
On justice, Ramaphosa told the conference, which opened at the Sun City Convention Centre on Thursday, that justice systems should be accessible, responsive and centred on the needs of ordinary people, warning that justice that is inaccessible, delayed, corrupted or reserved for the privileged undermines democracy itself. 'Justice that is inaccessible is justice that is denied,' he said. The conference, held under the theme Strengthening People-Centred Justice Systems: Deepening Democracy, brings together governments, the judiciary, international institutions, the legal profession and civil society; next month South Africa commemorates 30 years since its democratic Constitution was signed into law.
Ramaphosa said the existence of constitutional rights does not automatically guarantee that people can exercise them: a person may have the right to equality and yet experience discrimination, the right to dignity and yet endure violence and humiliation, or the right to access the courts and yet be unable to afford a lawyer, travel to a courthouse or navigate complicated legal procedures. Poverty is one of the greatest obstacles to justice, he said, and government must ensure justice systems are adequately resourced, efficient, independent and responsive, including by strengthening legal aid, supporting community-based legal services and making legal information accessible in languages and formats people understand. Technology must not create a new divide between the digitally connected and the excluded, he added, setting three priorities for the conference: making justice genuinely accessible to poor and vulnerable people, building independent, accountable and efficient justice institutions, and establishing meaningful ways of measuring whether justice systems are improving people's lives.
On regional health, Phaahla told a gala dinner in Durban honouring the SADC Ministers of Health and Ministers Responsible for HIV and AIDS that member states should move beyond statements of solidarity and adopt practical instruments to strengthen health systems, secure medical supply chains and address climate-induced health threats. The joint meeting of SADC health and HIV/AIDS ministers kicked off in Durban on Monday. Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic highlight the urgency of practical collaboration in pooled pharmaceutical procurement, local manufacturing and disease surveillance, he said, while SADC countries face overlapping pressures from infectious diseases, HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and climate shocks from floods to El Niño drought, with development assistance under pressure, supply chains vulnerable and the cost of resilient health systems rising.
On law enforcement, a 38-year-old foreign national arrested on Wednesday night at OR Tambo International Airport is expected to appear in the Kempton Park Magistrates Court on Thursday, facing charges under the Regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act 15 of 1998. The Hawks said an integrated multidisciplinary team, including INTERPOL's Pretoria National Central Bureau, the Hawks' Crimes Against the State and Serious Organised Crime Investigation unit and SAPS Crime Intelligence, acted on intelligence in making the arrest, and the suspect was allegedly en route to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war. Earlier this week, nine other foreign nationals aged between 20 and 26 were arrested on Sunday night at the same airport and at a hotel in Bruma in connection with a similar alleged attempt to leave South Africa to join the war.
On the elections, the South African Human Rights Commission commended South Africans and the Electoral Commission (IEC) on the largely incident-free local government elections held last Wednesday. Voter turnout in the 2026 local government elections stands at 52 percent, up from 45.9 percent in 2021, the commission noted, commending voters who braved the extreme heatwave; at least 36 SAHRC election observers monitored the elections across the country. The commission noted an incident at Douglas in the Northern Cape's Siyancuma Municipality, where a station was reportedly stormed and ballot papers destroyed before counting and the IEC announced a revote, while still commending the IEC for a largely incident-free election and calling on parties, candidates and supporters to accept the results peacefully and route any dispute through the IEC's complaints processes or the courts.
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图片来源:图:南非卫生部副部长 Joe Phaahla 在南部非洲发展共同体卫生部长会议期间发言。照片:南非政府新闻署(SAnews)供图,该署明示媒体可免费使用其图片并注明出处。 / Photo: South African Deputy Minister of Health Dr Joe Phaahla during the SADC health ministers meeting. Photo: SAnews, which states media may use its pictures free of charge with credit.
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