Dear Editor,
Re: Hlophe: "Africanise" SA law
I read this absolute rubbish this morning and thought I would open it up for debate.
When growing up, my parents did the best they could to teach me the wrongs from the rights and usually it took one to two decent hidings and I got the point and refrained from doing whatever it was that got me there in the first place.
The reason I mention this, is that although I did not study law, or are even close to being able to know what every law of our country is, I know wrong from right. It has been programmed into me like it has or should've been into everyone reading this letter right now.
Now Mr Hlope mentioned he wants to "Africanise/Transform" our law because people don't understand or know how to interpret it.
His thoughts are that instead of making people scared of the law and going to jail, we should make it so that people obey the law because they feel it's the right thing to do.
Now, isn't that nice. They change the law to suit their own needs and now killing will stop, hi-jackings will stop, robberies will stop, rapes will stop, corruption will stop etc. Because the people who committed these crimes now know and understand that it is wrong. Have you ever heard something so ludicrous in your life?
Coming back to knowing wrong from right. Surely, regardless of which language or which culture our laws are written, if you are old enough to commit any of the above mentioned crimes, you are old enough to know it is wrong and if caught you will be punished.
I say, stricter laws should be applied and if you want to "Africanise" the law, here is my suggestion:
- If you are caught stealing, chop of a finger for each item or case, starting with the thumbs.
- If you are caught raping, chop of what needs to be chopped of so you can't do this again, yip I said it.
- If you murder someone, death penalty must apply, or even a "necklace" if you know what I mean.
These are obviously a couple of examples but you get this gist of it. Why would we want to change something that is working but the people in charge are just failing time and time again to apply it?
Tienie
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