The South African government will not support the planned
civil claim against Nigerian TB Joshua and his Synagogue Church of All Nations,
as families prepare to spend Christmas still waiting for the mortal remains of
their loved ones.
In a written parliamentary reply, International Relations
and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says the government can only
provide consular support to the families.
The minister was responding to a question from DA MP Stevens
Mokgalapa, who asked whether the government would support the planned civil
claim by family members of at least eight South African citizens who were
killed in the collapse of the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos,
Nigeria.
Mokgalapa asked whether her department would assist them in
the “legal processes should the claim proceed; and the reasons for not
supporting and assisting them with the civil claims”.
The minister responded: “No, the government can only provide
support in the form of consular assistance. In terms of Customary international
law and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1963, the State will not
interfere in or attempt to influence the judicial processes relating to a South
African national in another state.”
source:iol
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