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SKIELIK
17/01/2008 09:14
Such a commotion! Every day there are a number of victims of 'robberies' which turn into torture/intimidation sessions before ending in murder, but these are so common that they're hardly worth a mention. Another crime has been comitted now in Skielik, another crime which cannot be condoned. But personally, I would prefer to be shot at point blank by some stranger than be beaten, raped, tortured and then shot at point blank by some stranger. - Margaret Hyson |
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Of course it was racism
17/01/2008 09:15
I'm sure that young man will get what he deserves in jail.......I'm sure the inmates can't wait. - skills |
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This was there even b 4.
17/01/2008 09:18
This is a kind of actions that was happening for a long ago to the poor people, but the reality only came now. The boy need to be punished. - Mareme Cornellius |
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Government
17/01/2008 09:20
Can do a lot by alleviating the frustrations the people in South Africa feel about the crime levels. But most of them do not even respect the rule of law so why would the society they govern be anything else. - Martin |
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Race or not
17/01/2008 09:22
Yes, bring back the death penalty, seeing that this is not the first time this 'person'has shoot at black people. The first time he thought the person was a monkey, makes you wonder..... - Habari |
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Margaret
17/01/2008 09:23
i agree with you, i would also prefer to be shot (if we have a choice in it), than to be tortured like the thousand of farmers, burnt, beaten, rape. And it's really funny that there's no word of racism there! I feel sorry for SA, it's really bleeding. and it looks like some reporters want to sweep the one up against the other! what a sad sad case. Most of us do really get along, and then you get a 'line' like that, and what good does it do!! Nothing, it just angers people, and make a rift - Tracey |
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Skielik
17/01/2008 09:24
I agree it was racially fuelled but one needs to look at the root cause. When u are surrounded by black people who far and away are the majority purpetrators of violent crime, often malicious (torture etc) one can only expect things like this to happen. It comes back to deep pschological problems in our rainbow (not) nation. - Andrew |
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How do we know it was racism?
17/01/2008 09:25
Seriously, how do we know the attack was racially motivated? If it is found (In a court)to have been a racist attack then i say add another 25yrs onto his sentence and let him rot in jail! If it is found to not have been a racist attack, add another 25yrs onto his sentence and let him rot in jail! Either way he needs to rot in jail! However, lets not pull the racist card just yet, in most cases it does more harm than good! Peace out! - DWP |
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Crime and Racism
17/01/2008 09:27
I agree fully with the writers of the 3 letters that describe their disappointment with the representation of this incident as being racially related.Although murder can never be condoned,I can relate to the killer's statement that he 'snapped'.My family and I also 'snapped' after a second armed robbery at home + 7 burglaries in less than 9 yrs.I'm sad to say that we now regard every black man on the street with suspicion.We're also not the only 'whites' who feel this way either... - Cass |
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Racism
17/01/2008 09:28
One thing doesn't make sense to me is that in this whole saga, one person on national tv described the killing as racially motivated. She did not say all white people of that area are racist. May be she thought so because this boy did seem to have had any other reasons or motivation for his action, then it must be racism. He must have hated them as black people. I don't think that analogy is bad at all. But she did not say that all white people of that area are racist. - Zweli |
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Whites have never accepted blacks from the start.
17/01/2008 09:30
I am so angry because I can tell you now the outcome : The state of his mind will questioned forever and forever.Look at that silly Scott-Krossel guy, What happened........I have tears in my ears really.I need not say more.Whites get away with this very easy.Remember those whites killed their workers, where are they now ? Acquitted.We need kill each other once and for all instead of hiding with Rainbow nation rubbish. - Pholobs |
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Was it racism?
17/01/2008 09:31
This is simple we try so hard to convince or fool ourselves. This is simple u will see how we both reply to this. Then u don?t need to go far just here u will find your answers. USA is still having the same old racist problems even today so what makes SA special. - The Stranger |
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Wake up!
17/01/2008 09:32
Can't see what's all the fuss about. What happens when the white farmers are killed on a daily basis? No helicopters and a mass man hunt happening to catch the culprits! I feel so sorry for this boy. He'll be made an example, though it's nothing to go around and murder people (black or white) if you're a black man. Family and friends of Johan, our thoughts are with you. - Chris |
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Racist Killers
17/01/2008 09:34
So, tell me, Khotso, were the murderers David Ratray (ch sp) not also racists? - Niels |
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Skielik
17/01/2008 09:36
I think the young man just lost it. He was the victim, directly and indirectly (see other NEWS24 article), of violent crime in SA. He did not know how to deal with the anger he felt after exposure to crime and lashed out at the racial group representing the perpetrators. I can understand it also being a victim of crime. HOWEVER, I don't condone his actions and he should be punished accordingly. - Michelle |
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Skeiklik, crime not an excuse
17/01/2008 09:45
You cannot isolate racism from this. yes the fact that the poor soul has been a victim of rampant crime was the main reason for his actions. but his behaivour is also underlined by the notion that all black people are criminals, and that blacks dont get affected by crime. crime is crime it affects us all, black and white. over and above as a black person i have been racially abused by some white people, but that would not give me the right shoot around innocent whites. - boni |
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Was it racism?????????
17/01/2008 09:46
Sad,sad,sad that the lives of people had to be given up for us to fuel our hatred.I'm glad Cosatu will be holding a rally to voice their feelings.It is the right thing to do.BUT its also the right thing to hold rallies for all the farmers that are being tortured and murderd.But i dont see them doing that.If a white farmer is being tortured and murderd nobody says anything ,But sadly if a black person is killed by a white person it becomes a racial issue???????I think we have our priorities wrong - GPB |
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Barbaric
17/01/2008 09:47
These killing where barbaric, but I only wish the day will come when all this commotion will be made for every killing including white people that gets tortured, raped and killed on a daily basis. This sounds bad but in a country where brutal murders happen every day getting shot without all the torture is getting of light. I feel sorry for these families but there will be 118 000+ more this year. It seems to be our way of live in SA. - Helpus |
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An good point Paul
17/01/2008 09:47
An example of this kind of reporting was the recent murder of the elderly restaurant owner in KZN.Not once was it immediately mentioned that her suspected killer was a black male.It was only made known once he was caught.I suppose a fuss has to be made now because it is not often in SA anymore that a white person is the perpetrator of a violent crime (be it racially or criminally motivated) against another racial group,so the racial angle has to be milked for all it is worth. - The Truth |
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More alarming Than Racism
17/01/2008 09:47
I don't doubt that this incident was sparked by racism, and this can only be blamed on allowing him to grow up being "color sensitive". Bad things are being done everyday by very bad people, wake up people, children are killing children, can't we all just stand up as one, and fight the evil around us instead of blaming each other. - Natasha |
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?Skielik? everybody?s a hypocrite!
17/01/2008 09:48
Surely this is a crime that should not go without the full wrath of the law, but already labeling it as blatant racism is a mistake no South African can afford to make. Why is it that when crime is White on Black and not the other way around we feel comfortable enough to label it as such? This is a very dangerous mindset people, one we should have by now moven away from, but alas, it?s one that plagues us to this day! I?m sure in the first days of the Reich it was common place also to label German citizens who committed heinous crimes as criminals, but when a Jew was convicted of the same crime the stigma attached to him would have blown the incident out of proportion, just because that Jew was an unwelcome citizens in his own country. From there it was only a couple of years while the world temporarily turned their backs, innocent people were stuffed into railway cars and almost an entire group of people was wiped from the face of this earth. Connect the dots. - Brian |
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KILL THE BOER, KILL THE FARMER...
17/01/2008 09:53
I think people are getting sick and tired of crime happening around them. Every town in SA has a squatter camp five times the size of the town. People do not have jobs so they turn to crime. Most of the time very violent crimes. Farmers are very easy targets and I can understand what kind of problems they face in life. Living with fear is a very bad thing (Like a bomb waiting to explode). We cannot take the law into your own hands but wake up SA - Criminals are running the show. - Walter |
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Media..
17/01/2008 09:56
Only time will tell if this was racism or not (court verdict) But its strange how the media never mentions the race of the criminals when elderly people are attacked on theire farm, but the second this happens, the first thing you hear is that the gunman was 'white' - Juan |
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Double standards
17/01/2008 09:58
What irks me is that the goverment made it a policy years ago that race must not be reported in the media when crimes are committed, so you often read "Robbers killed a man". But if a white does something suddenly its "A WHITE man killed blacks". if it had been reversed the article would have gone, "A lone gun man shot resident at random" If it even made the papers! - Brett |
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Yes and more!
17/01/2008 09:59
It was racially-inspired murder and possibly inspired by the Wit Wolf murders of 1988. This person is a disgrace to my community (I am Afrikaans) and deserves the full might of the law. South Africans does not need this. We need to make our country work and the only way is mutual respect for each others.
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dark ages - apartheid
17/01/2008 10:00
well, personally, i really dont think it was a racist act. it was a vengeful act, someone who got tired of black people murdering farmers and torturing them. why is it that when a black person murders, it passes by as a normal everyday crime, but this whitey goes on a shooting spree and its a racist attack. c'mon people, free your minds. even some of my favourite black DJ's on the airwaves have labeled this as a racist crime. SAD. its murder...period, niks racist about it.
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It is....
17/01/2008 10:03
"A black man enters a community and shoots rampantly at white people". Is this racism,OFCAUSE it is.We may sugarcoat it as we please but the reality is this boy acted out of his and only his racist tendencies - Justin |
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racism at its best
17/01/2008 10:03
I agree with Wayne, its so sad that certain people wants us to view this kind of an incident in a very light manner. Racism at its best if you ask me. - Z |
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Was it Racism
17/01/2008 10:06
Its okay, call it anything, but the 18 year old white boy has a lot of explanation to make to fellow black inmates in prision, They just cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!? This was a racist attack. I say this based on the historical behavior of this idiot against black people in that area. Why do you white people keep on relating racist attack with robberies, he was not robing anyone he shot at random(spree)in an area where he is sure not to find a white person.Tumza - Tumza |
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Racism not really the issue
17/01/2008 10:06
Was it racism? yes, it seems so at this moment. Naturally everyone will now want to punish this boy to the full extent of the law. But we should not forget he is a teenager. I think that when a young person commits a crime of this nature, we needs to ask ourselves: What and how are the conditions in this country affecting our young people? I'm not quite sure what percentage of crime is commited by young people.But this should not be seen as a race issue bu a youth issue. - Moni |
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KILL THE BOER, KILL THE FARMER...
17/01/2008 10:06
I think people are getting sick and tired of crime happening around them. Every town in SA has a squatter camp five times the size of the town. People do not have jobs so they turn to crime. Most of the time very violent crimes. Farmers are very easy targets and I can understand what kind of problems they face in life. Living with fear is a very bad thing (Like a bomb waiting to explode). We cannot take the law into your own hands but wake up SA - Criminals are running the show. - Walter |
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NOT RACISM, BUT CANNOT TAKE IT ANY MORE....
17/01/2008 10:06
This young man has experienced too much of violent crime and he has finally snapped. If nothing is going to be done about the crime in this country or if any one of my family members is affected directly by crime, then I am going to snap. Furthermore I would like to add how a task force of 70 policeman + helicopters were looking for this guy. A protest of 800 people blockading the roads chanting slogans. why does the same not apply to all the whites, coloureds and Indians that are slaughtered each day in their homes by criminals? Why are these criminals not caught with this process? Why does a Pretoria daughter keep thinking that her father is going to be ok, shot dead last week? - navs |
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Heartrending...
17/01/2008 10:06
My condolences to the families of the swartrugens squatter camp....aluta continua.. - kolobe |
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Attention?
17/01/2008 10:10
Am I imagining it, or is this case getting over exposure. I hear of lots of house breaks ending in murder, and they rarely get this type of attention. - Johan |
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Just wait for the response and you'll see how divided SA is still is
17/01/2008 10:13
Reality: South Africa is still racially divided and a xenophobic country. What Johan has done should never be tolarated whether he was black or white. Wake up people, becareful of what you teach your children, his behaviour and the rest of criminals is something that is instilled by the society they live in. Makes me wonder how would the response been if this happened the other way around.
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CHRIS - very dissappointing
17/01/2008 10:17
"Family and friends of Johan, our thoughts are with you. - Chris"
And what about the innocent victims families? What about the mother who lost her 3-month old baby. Don't they deserve prayers compared to this lunatic? Bloody racists!!! - jmafia |
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Why is it racism?
17/01/2008 10:17
The person responsible for this terrible crime should feel the full wrath of the law - it is unforgivable to take the life of another human being. That aside could Khotso or skills please explain to me why this is a rasist murder. Where are the mayors with their cellphones when farmers are brutally tortured and murdered? Where are the mayors and their cellphones when women and children are raped? What was racist, was what the ruling party said to incite hatred and racist feelings. - Dread69 |
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The Monster is in Us All
17/01/2008 10:18
What a dreadful place this is. So much hate, stupidity, intolerance and worse. How many people in this country are doing what is in their power to treat their fellow humans with dignity and respect? If its not monstrous black thugs brutalising their victims ( of all races)then its white lunatics tipped over the edge into mayhem by centuries of racist angst.Sensible people are right to be fearful of the future with crooks and criminals in charge. But killing the innocent or even marginally guilty merely shifts us closer to emulating Rwanda,Sierra Leone, Liberia, Bosnia, Nazi Germany and other hells. For God's sake people wake up!!! Everyone has a role to play in healing the gaping wounds of the past and present. Lets get on with it. - Bokfan |
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Skielik
17/01/2008 10:18
Chris I feel exactly the same as you do, all crimes committed in S.A today,is under investigation, what happened was unforgiveable, but this is someones child that snapped, lets wait and see what caused this action before we become to judgemental. This country is known for crime why also attach racism to each and every murder, or crime related incident? Let us rather pray that all work out for the best, for the sake of our white and black little ones now growing up in the new South Africa. - Aloma |
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LET'S SAY IT WASN'T RACISM
17/01/2008 10:19
Then explain the derogatory words used during the onslaught. Then explain why not choose another farm/er as a target-shooting. Explain too, why choose a black settlement area and not a mall. As much as we all have an ideal vision and also want to contribute to the creation of non-racial and safe SA for all, we need to be vigilant and discourage all actiones that seeks to undermine this fragile effort. When things like these happen, it becomes difficult not to think of the similar past incidences - Ephraim |
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Take it from a former Swartruggens resident!!!
17/01/2008 10:19
I lived their till 4 months ago and believe me
it is a racist town not just white on black but
black on white to.Take the murder on our friend Johan nothing was said about that but now 100 men was looking for one man and the best part is
he handed himself over they couldn`t find him!I must also just say Halem mine in town Is also very racist the black workers pay is between R1,200 and R1,800 so yes it is a racist town but it goes both ways!
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He must rot in jail..
17/01/2008 10:24
He has made this bed now let him lie on it with his vigilante style of justice system. - No Excuse |
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Racism
17/01/2008 10:24
What is racism?It's such a cool word to use when you don't like the situation you're in. Many people (black, white, coloured, indian and asian) - yes all of us are people, get murdered daily.Our country is in a mess and we want to know if it was racism!It's not racism,it's a lack of dicipline and respect for others!We are so busy pointing fingers.Lets rather take hands and catch the "monsters" who want to see others in pain.Bring back the death penalty! - Sipho M |
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Dare! 100% Racism
17/01/2008 10:25
I'm a black SAn leaving and working overseas and I have nothing against white people. In fact they have taught me a lot about business and financial management. I therefore have no reason to sugercoat this incident. This was racism at its best. If not, 18 year old Johan Nel was going to walk to his neighborhood and start shooting innocent white people. Why did he drive to a black community? It's because his killing was racially motivated. Day2Day Robberies, H/jckings in SA target all races. - PJ |
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Eye opener
17/01/2008 10:25
As a South African,I send my condolences to all the victims of crime,no matter which colour or race.It's stupid idiots like this young boy that breaks down everything we build up in the last couple of years.Let us not see the colour but rather the crime.The poor farmers in that area is now scared to death because of what this idiot did, because now the hate has ignited again,please let us be realistic, don't judge all by one's actions.Before killing us rather send us to countries that want us!!!! - Anne-Lize |
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Who Knows...
17/01/2008 10:26
Firstly I believe that the local ward councillor if I am not mistaken came to the scene and created this whole Race issue.I ask Jody Collapen if he knows what does Human means as he is with the Human Rights Commision.When thousands of other innocent victims of crimes suffere every day be it black,whit,Indian or colored,does he send people to council them,hell no.When Indians,Coloreds and Whites are attacked,raped,murdered etc.daily by Blacks,does this mean it is racial?time to grow up - Mr.B |
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It was white farmers who led to his arrest
17/01/2008 10:27
That criminal has not tarnished the image of our white friends and co-workers. We know he acted alone and was not part of a group. We should not sensationalise and spread hatred about this loner. Let's remember that it was white neighbours and his father who led the police to his arrest, same thing with the arrest of Hani killers, it was a white woman who gave police the details. I, for one do not support that we should look at it in a generalised context. Good neighboring farmers/citizens. - Libembe |
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Sad Sad
17/01/2008 10:27
What a sad, sick world we live in. It is incredible how often the race card is pulled, just look at the cricket in Australia at the moment. It appears that whenever it suits, it becomes a racist issue. Most of the time that the race card is pulled, it just so happens that it is normally blacks who shout "racism". I agree fully with a number of the comments made, ie why can 100's of whites be tortured, raped and cold-bloodedly murdered, mostly by blacks, yet this is not racist, merely "crime". - S |
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Senseless Deaths
17/01/2008 10:27
These woman and children were shot because they were black not because he wanted to rob them or for any other reason which makes it a race crime and that is a fact. The farmers of this town are more concerned with there safety the risk of possible farm attacks rather than to give the families that have lost loved ones words of encouragement or condolence. It is sad that something like this can happen in post apartheid South Africa. In the past farm workers and blacks in rural South Africa were killed like animals on the hands of white boere Afrikaners and nothing was done about it. This young boy will have to take responsibility for his actions and I do hope the police does there part to ensure justice be done. To the families who have lost a relative in this senseless act I would like to give you my condolences and hope that GOD will give you the strength to overcome your loss. - colin |
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Why can't we wait for the courts' process?
17/01/2008 10:32
Why can't every one just wait for the justice system to take its course. Only then we will know the real reason for this shooting. Whatever the reason, there is no excuse for killing those squatter camp dwellers and justice must seen to be done. However, if the shooting was racially motivated as alleged, the white community should take stock of the swart gevaar (and all other racial prejudices) gospel they preach to their children in their homes. - david r |
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Selective racism
17/01/2008 10:32
Obviously when anybody gets killed its a tragedy,no matter what race you are,but the thing that makes me angry is that now because a white guy killed some black people,it has to be racist,just look at the mayor and cosatu carrying on before they even knew anything,but every single day white people are being killed by blacks,y is there no mention then?I think its because of selctive racism - nicky |
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If not racism then what?
17/01/2008 10:32
If this attack was not racially motivated then what motivated him to shoor innocent people, including two small kids? He didnt take anyting. True enough he was fed up with crime and he associated crime with black people whether they're innocent or not and he went and shot the first black people he could find. Thus racially motivated. - GE |
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Motive
17/01/2008 10:34
One must ask themslves as to what the motive was for this outrageous attack. There seems to be no motive as the people that were shot were not robbed by this boy or never harmed this boy in anyway. What does this say? Another point is that most of the roberries that take place, the culprits are not even caught by the police, why is it that there are some people out there that label every robber and murderer to be a black person. - x |
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Not is fault
17/01/2008 10:34
Some comments in here suggest that this guy actions can be justified because he was exposed to violence. This is so true cos the high level of crime is justifiable because of the reign of terror people were subjected during apartheid. - A DJ |
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It was inevitable
17/01/2008 10:37
His actions can never be condoned but this again shows that people who experience violent crime need to get counselling. This boy had been traumatised a number of times - is it any surprise that he eventually snapped? I'm surprised this hasn't happened more often. Just remember he came from the same community where a year before robbers had poured molten plastic on a ten year old and slaughtered and murdered his father in front of him. And then I wonder what experiences these young robbers must have had to make them do such a thing to an innocent child? Yes people we are now reaping what we sowe! For all our talk about resolving our past and getting along we need to really start living it - for the sake of all our children! It is time for black and white to stand together. - May |
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Crime affects all
17/01/2008 10:38
To those who only believe that crime only affects WHITE People you are in shock of your lives. Black people experience rape, robbery and horrific murders every day and the difference between black and white communities is that black people have been experiencing crime for years while white were protected by high walls and the laws during apartheid. I was robbed 3 times last year, I have friend and family who experience crime everyday just like everyone. Fortunately for us, we are all in this together this time, its time you make it your responsibility making SA Crime-Free. It?s the survival of the fittest. I?m out - M-Afrika |
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WHite people only crime
17/01/2008 10:39
After reading some of the comments here it is evident that most white people are still of the notion that crime only affects them. Or although crime affects us as well, but we should not be crying since its our own brothers who does this. One thing is true though, the majoririty of crime in this country is perpatrated by black people, but it is perpertrated against people of all races. The boys actions are plain racist and cannot be justify in any way. - Funnybones |
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Crime!!!
17/01/2008 10:40
Is this act, one of crime, hatred, racism? The criminal, irrespective of race, creed, religion, etc must be punished by the full force of the law. But it is interresting to see the police reaction for this crime versus their reaction to senseless murdering of people on the farms, in their houses, in restaurants, etc. Who poses the biggest threat, this boy or the unarmed 78 yr old lady in her house? - JD |
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Very sad...
17/01/2008 10:41
This is a very tough one to call, its very easy 2 say the boy is racist, but lets look @ the whole picture. in my opinion it was more that he was fed up with the system to a point where he snapped, & the people who were the cause to his frustration were black so he took it out on blacks.Pain is something that makes people do the most terrible things.As for white people being murdered in a robbery or house breaking, in my opinion is not racismn cause blacks are also killed in the same way... - skarr |
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Families are grieving, show some compassion
17/01/2008 10:41
I'm alittle disappointed that not a single local white person has conveyed a word of condolences to the grieving families. Instead they blame farm murders. Was that 3month old baby a criminal? What about that 10 year old boy? And a woman with a 3-week old baby on her back? Please think b4 u make some insensitive comments. This goes to black people as well - Butsha |
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To Pholobs
17/01/2008 10:43
Your comment "We need kill each other once and for all instead of hiding with Rainbow nation rubbish" is extremely dangerous and unfounded. Even if this was a racist attack, you cannot kill all whites out of revenge and vice versa. When a white person is robbed and raped by a black man, you dont hear violent threats of killing them. Its people like you that deface the work done by the true apartheid fighters, like Walter Sisulu, Nelson Mandela etc. You're a disgrace to SA... - Tanya |
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Race card
17/01/2008 10:45
Killing of any human being is wrong, no matter what race. Everybody is equal, no matter the colour of their skin. But everybody is now so clued up that a white man did something like that to black people on this single occasion. Have everybody forgot about the farm murders that happens almost everyday. Where white people are killed like animals. Please when making your comments, think before you speak your mind. My heart goes out to all families involved. - JR |
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WHY
17/01/2008 10:45
Why are you not posting my comment. I am totally against violence of any kind. But mine is just a small bit of the life of a white aged South African woman now, in South Africa.
I have just read about an 85 year old man beaten to death. Last week an 80 year old woman, beaten, raped, hacked and then set alight in her garden.
Please print my story. We are all going to go crazy at some time. This cannot go on...DEAR GOD......ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!! - Alicia |
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RACISM
17/01/2008 10:46
THIS IS NOT BASED ON RACISM BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE FAMILIES WHICH HAVE SUFFERED AND THIS BOY DOESNT HAVE ANY EXCUSE ABOUT WHAT HE DID CAUSE AT THE END INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THAT PROCESS AND I FEEL HE NEEDS TO BE THOUGHT A LESSON.THINK ABOUT IT A THREE MONTHS OLD BABY GOT SHORT? ITS VERY SAD REALLY OUR GOVERMENT NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS CRIME THING ITS GETTING OUT OF HAND REALLY. - SKATEBOARD |
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what?
17/01/2008 10:49
according to the news24 update: people protesting and yelling "kill that dog" and also singing Mshini Wam.Great.So all whites must gather together now.Protest and yell at the black people who killed white people.Seeing that they are calling this a race thing and issolating this incident.Like Mshini Wam is not a racist statement! - zelo |
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Snapped!!!!
17/01/2008 10:50
I have been predicting this very incident for a few years now. It was just a matter of time before this happened. The boy was clearly a statistic of crime on what level I do not know, but he just snapped and took his anger out in this way it is very wrong and was very predictable. Whites get killed daily in their homes most often very violently, you do not see us take to the streets and baracade roads,no we simply just lock all our doors and go to work and pay our taxes, no cries of rasism - Delboy |
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maybe, maybe not
17/01/2008 10:50
I think the point about this particular incident is that the shooter alledgedly made racist comments referring specifically to his dislike of black people. Yes, a lot of crime in SA is committed by gangs of black men, but they seem to attack indiscriminately. As far as I can tell, all that's reqd is that you're wealthy and have stuff worth stealing. - Vuyo |
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Skielik
17/01/2008 10:53
There is such a fuss and commotion when a white person commits a crime like this,yet we are attacked,raped,robbed and murdered everyday. You dont see us arriving on buses and protesting even when the most serious and disgusting crimes are commited.Its absolutely pathetic!! - Felicia |
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Call a spade A spade
17/01/2008 10:54
It seems that there are those amongst us will continue to defend the indefensible and "gift wrap" an abomination. Are we surprised that some "white" SA'ns have not been liberated or freed from their hate and resentment. What has happened in Skielik is a sympton of "their" anger and should come as no surprise. You just have to look at the above comments and clearly these people have rascist issues. Should we babysit their emotions? HELL NO! That which is wrong will always be wrong! No excuse.. - Cape Town Kid |
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Fuelled Racism
17/01/2008 10:55
This was racism. Racism fuelled by violent acts that he (and his loved ones) have personally experienced. I too would snap if this had to happen to me or any of my family. But that is no excuse for what was done and the boy must be punished with the full extent of the law. My condolences go to the families of the swartrugens squatter camp. - Jhazz |
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Selective Condemnation
17/01/2008 10:55
I'm tired of reading about racism. These comments are ignorant. Ppl say this kid committed a crime because he puts black ppl into a box of criminals. I see the same people responding and putting white people in boxes. This kid experienced trauma and acted out in the wrong way. Now you say he must be put in jail for life...I don't hear a lot of outcries when other crimes, which you say are not racial, are committed. This selective condemnation must stop, condemn all criminals equally. - Disgusted |
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Please People
17/01/2008 10:56
Just because we all tired of the crime in this country... Should we go around killing every1 including babies who have no idea whats going on in this crazy world..
Please people.. This guy is a crazy. He should be stoned to death - Mn |
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Condolences but take note
17/01/2008 10:57
A really tragedy has unfolded, and justice must take its course. The unprovoked murder of three innocent people is a savage attack and should not be condoned in today's society. However, it is a real shame that the newsworthiness of the story is the fact that a white man has killed black people. I serioulsy doubt commotion would be caused if ou published an article on a black man killing three white people - why is that? Are people too used to hearing those types of stories? - Peter |
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Murder
17/01/2008 10:59
I find it highly offensive that when whites are murdered in their homes we don't have Cosatu or the local mayor rattling sabres that the murder is racially motivated, however if a white murders a black person then it is racially motivated. The murder of any person is a heinous crime and should be punished and the racial card should not be pulled out every time a white murders a black. The reactions of the mayor Cosatu and even the placard wavers are the racists - get over it and focus on crime - gcr |
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SAY WHAT?
17/01/2008 11:02
I get so frustrated with people always blaming their awful/ terrible/ dreadful/ unpleasant past occurrence on the actions they take. People just imagine if black South Africans forever blamed the apartheid whites for the incomprehensible deeds done onto them and then just decided to "snap inside" then we all would have been shot dead. If everyone now starts blaming people for all the wrongs done to them and start going on a rampage then South Africa would turn into a war country overnite. - Sylvino |
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Thankful
17/01/2008 11:02
When reading stuff like this I find myself lucky instead of saddend to be leaving this country - Just a commenter |
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Racism.....Murder
17/01/2008 11:02
I think we are missing the point here! yet again poor innocent HUMAN BEINGS have been slaughtered by a murderer, regardless of colour and creed to his victims, We cannot tolerate any longer the mindless slaughter of SOUTH AFRICANS. Get off with the race issue and focus on the fact that daily OUR people are being slaughtered.
Please read the above and ask yourself was this written by a black South African or a white South African - Guess |
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