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LETTER
Let Tony be
23/01/2007 09:38 - (SA)
Dear Editor,
What's the fuss about Yengeni? I just don't get!
Now the SPCA is on him about animal cruelty. If they want to prosecute him for his traditions they must do it throughout South Africa and the rest of Africa too!
I know it is a tradition of different cultures in SA. It is done at weddings, funerals, births and even when tombstones are erected! The SPCA should then go from township to township, but it won't helpas they will have to erase the culture of the South Africans.
If they want civil war, go ahead. Let Tony be. Focus on what matters like total banning of fire works and real animal cruelty.
Werner van der Merwe,
Richards Bay
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Dear Editor,
The SPCA is insulting African culture. It's sad that every week the media gives space to people who portray everything related to African culture as barbaric.
The portrayal by the SPCA of the slaughtering of a bull as inhumane and not in accordance with international standards is an insult to African customs which entail very specific methods of slaughtering.
Phillip Tshabalala,
Kemptonpark
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Dear Editor,
Please leave Tony Yengeni alone and focus on the real burning issues affecting South Africans like poverty and crime.
If you are going to arrest him for animal cruelty, then you might as well arrest 80% of South Africa!
T Molefe
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Dear Editor,
I find the holier than though attitude of the SPCA suspect. Where was the SPCA when the farmer said he shot a boy because he thought he was a dog?
They have killed what little credibility they had!
They have shown their true colours by being out of touch with where they are. In Africa, Africans have their rituals, if you do not like them simply look away. The trumpeting makes you irrelevant!
Nonjabulo
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