Those who would like to polarise South Africa are rubbing their hands with glee at the alleged murder of Eugene Terre Blanche with sickening excitement.
Killed Murdered by two farmworkers after a dispute over R600 in wages, Terre Blanche has been saved from a legacy as a racist thug who beat a petrol attendant so badly he lost his mental faculties. He is now a national symbol for those who believe that farm murders are political acts aimed at driving whites from the land.
On paper, the ANC has recently been at pains to reassure farmers that it has no intention of nationalising the land as was suggested in an official discussion document.
But in Zimbabwe, its Youth League president, Julius Malema has just been given a rousing heroes welcome by Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF. The “Kill the Boer” song was sung in his honour.
Then, after addressing a rally of 2000 Zanu-PF youth (a dissapointing tournout?), Malema said:
“In SA we are just starting. Here in Zimbabwe you are already very far. The land question has been addressed. We are very happy that today you can account for more than 300000 new farmers against the 4000 who used to dominate agriculture. We hear you are now going straight to the mines. That’s what we are going to be doing in South Africa.
“We want the mines. They have been exploiting our minerals for a long time. Now it’s our turn to also enjoy from these minerals. They are so bright, they are colourful, we refer to them as white people, maybe their colour came as a result of exploiting our minerals and perhaps if some of us can get opportunities in these minerals we can develop some nice colour like them.”
Malema’s words are chilling. They remind one of the sort of racist rhetoric practised by Terre Blanche.
But there is a stark difference.
Terre Blanche was always on the fringes of power and had become somewhat of a comic figure.
Malema is a member of a highly dominant ruling party and he is being indulged by its leaders, suggesting a best a passive indifference to his rhetoric, at worst quiet support for what he is saying.
The ANC must wake up to the monster it is creating by allowing Malema to occupy the public arena without contradiction. Jacob Zuma’s comment that it is a free country and all can do as they please is evidence of very weak leadership. His predecessor Thabo Mbeki would not have tolerated this sort of rubbish.
In the absence of political censure, the courts are stepping in to narrow the definition of free speech. This is a very regrettable turn of events. The ANC must lead. Leadership means being willing to be unpopular.
What South Africa needs is to bring back the death penalty. If you live by the sword – you die by the sword.
It is an absolute joke to think that in this day and age that governments are run in such a bad way – saying one thing and doing completely the opposite, allowing
their own people to create such chaos and to be allowed to get away with it. Changing names of streets, cities, taking down statues and then allowing a song to be sung saying it is part of their history – BOLLOCKS TO THAT!!! Wake up and smell the sh*t you have created in front of you.
This is what racists whites wanted all along…a reason to vent anger at the country’s new democracy. See how many white folk stand at robots – not surprised that all of them are young and if you watch long enough, you will see a car drive by to collect them. Let’s face it..before white folk had no brains and stole opportunities away from black folk giving them no chance. Today black folk steal opportunities through govt tenders only but there’s always a chance for white folk to trade privately. Spread love not hate. ET died but the very act he died of he himself carried out on someone else, only that person didn’t die and had to live with the pain. Man of God? I urge people to ‘actually read’ the Bible. Jesus was not ‘white’ nor ‘black’. Jesus loved EVERYBODY, not only white or black. The trouble happened so let’s move on with our lives and put the devil to shame..
“Give me 20 divisions American soldiers and I will beach Europe.
Give me 15 consisting of Englishmen, and I will advance to the borders of Berlin.
Give me two divisions of those marvelous fighting Boers and I will remove Germany from the face of the earth. ”
Field Marshall Bernard L. Montgomery – Commander allied forces WWII
Give me 20 divisions American soldiers and I will beach Europe.
Give me 15 consisting of Englishmen, and I will advance to the borders of Berlin.
Give me two divisions of those marvelous fighting Boers and I will remove Germany from the face of the earth.
Field Marshall Bernard L. Montgomery – Commander allied forces WWII
Well then maybe this one will not get deleted . . . “The Americans fight for a free world.
The English mostly for honor glory and medals.
The French and Canadians decide too late that they have to participate.
The Italians are too scared to fight.
The Russians have no choice.
The Germans for the Fatherland.
The Boers?
Those sons of ******* fight for the hell of it! “
American General, George Patton
ooooops im shooting blanks …. and double’s . . . . . lol sorry
All of us are racist. We need to acknowledge that this fact is still the most important issue we need to deal with, and it could become the issue that unifies us, in our common acknowledgement of the need to deal with it. This racism is demonstrated by the way all of us are driven to respond to the death of Eugene Terreblanche, and white farmers in general, compared to the relative silence that follows the killing of farmworkers, and of black people in general. We all do this thing of valuing lives differently, whether we celebrate, mourn, cringe or take action. Do we really see Terreblanche as representative of the white minority? Is his death symbolic? In what way. He was a racist violent man, convicted, punished, and unrepentant. Representative only of his own narrow ideological beliefs, not shared by many, and glorified by even fewer. Of course he never deserved to be killed BUT lets not turn him into a martyr.
Focus South Africa – our common enemies are violence and poverty, exacerbated by the extent of our polarisation and the inequalities in our beautiful country.
Let’s not allow Terreblanche or Malema or anybodies set of narrow interests be the reason we lose sight of the overwhelming need for us to work together to change things positively, for all of us.
I ask myself who these murders really feared most. ET or Malema and Gang?
Murder for not being paid is only the story of the murders, nothing proved. Yet the media portray it as a given?
Further more, the mother of young murder claimed they were not paid since Dec 2009, why then working for him at all?
If ET was killed out of anger for not paying, why wait till he takes a nap? Who will take a nap while leaving his door open on a farm alone, hated by blacks and expecting anger amongst other for not paying?
Why the mutilation and humiliation afterwords, and then waiting on a trophy from the police?
Why the coincidence of Malema in ZIM?
Why the very organized mocking black group outside court which included choir members singing beautiful together a obvious long practiced anthem.
Why did the media report it for the boers singing it?
Every event from the murder to the courthouse, so obviously organized to provoke, and such teamwork to cover-up the little mishaps in between.
Why can the police or media not ask these Questions?
Why the constant attack on Farmer’s identity and life with lame excuses of non payment. If Farmers don’t pay, don’t work. No Farmer can force a worker to stay without payment. Farmer also can not prove payment as workers have no bank account, can only accept cash, is not literate to write or sign anything.
Why the focus on the tip these workers are being paid, but not the priviledges they enjoy?
Why not comparing SA miner workers salaries with those of the international world?
O, and I almost forgot the most important question,
Why are Malema plus Partner of bankrupt mining company not being mutilated and humiliated by htheir mineworkers for not being paid?
hell seems rough guys. It seems the result of bad management (leadership) is now in full blossom in S.A today and the whites have eventually had it in chunks. Which ever way u look @ it ET was murdered no excuses. my thaughts are with the family. the truth is bob mugabe has proved the obvious, farmers make food for ALL the little faces in the country. (basic really) without this basic thing everything gets difficult. So rule no.1 dont bite the hand that feeds. there have been 3100 bites I hear. dangerous hay ? violence is not needed to show who,s the real daddy. the brain is the most powerfull weapon. EVERYTHING is difficult on a empty stomach.
how long will the west keep sending food to tragically managed africa that has the potential to be the most powerfull continent ? how badly do the farmers want to make thier point 6200 or 20 000 bites ? how much is to much ? what happend to samewerking chaps ? the rand is weak so export your crops.. DONT BEAT YOUR CHILDREN IF THEY NAUGHTY, SEND THEM TO BED WITH EMPTY STOMACHES.
Wake the f#ck up bee if i was singing kill the black you would have been angry too right ? Does that make you a racist ? Whites are done getting murdered and we no longer have to ask for forgiveness. If they want a fight we say game on we have been waiting for a fight.
Malema is today a very popular leader because he represents the views of the marginalised and forgotten. Malema is an embodiment of the frustration that we as blacks in this country are going through.
Let me also make this statement (and you can redicule it as you like as it was done with Mandela) that Julius Malema will be president of this country one day (in fact within the next 20 years)
Long live President Malema long live
Hay Nathi you seem smart , supporting an idiot that could not even pass matric.By the way if you are frustrated you must be .stupid ,what frustration could you have ? you people get everything on a silver platter.Must say idiot malema picks his crowd well ha ha . In the land of the blind the man with one eye is king but for the people with 2 he will always just remain a disabled person shame. Whake up dumbass
Why is it that the extremists like Terreblanche and Malema get the press coverage?
Well they are newsworthy because they represent an opinion that is not mainstream and creates emotion that due to a view that is significantly displaced from a decent society’s standards.
In essence they are by definition an embarrassment to our country.
So Malema is the new Terreblanche of SA – like most embarrassing issues lets give him the press coverage he deserves i.e. nothing. Publicity is the fuel of his destructive fire – it should be removed by responsible (ANC) leaders and responsible press editors.
The press love emotion – it sells. Malema and Terreblanche are the blood diamonds of SA politics and the press the traders-in-chief.
A three month self imposed press blackout on any Malema or Terreblanche story would bring real value to SA.
‘IGNORE THEM’
As of now I will not open any stories in any online news services about Malema or TerreBlanche. I will also not subscribe to any mainstream media or watch eTV until they stop giving them the coverage that they crave.
A small protest, but if we all stopped subscribing to the sources of the media frenzy then the media would lose impact.
Let’s start a movement to wear T-Shirts that simply say
‘IGNORE THEM’
The rest of Africa can’t lie. They will lead this coutry down the toilet and smile while they do it. I hope the rest of the world is happy at their handy work, putting preassure on us to remove apartheid. Although I was in private school with black people. How does that make them disadvantaged I have no idea and America has only now had their first Black president.
I not saying that every person of colour should be a slave. What I am saying is that the goverment should of remained white.
South Africa was a healthy country in insolation. Now in this “Rainbow Nation” we are following the African trend. Once again I say the rest of Africa can’t be lying. What has changed? The Goverment.
SA be wise, when a whiteman killed black man nobody talks viz versa, leave Malema alone
It’s quite funny, I was born into apartheid (which wasn’t my fault) and it ended before I was legally allowed to vote (I was 14 in 1994) so I never really had a chance to vote for or against it. I am white (also not my fault), but no matter what they say, it didn’t seem like I was that privileged! (I came from a poor white family. We weren’t living in a shack, granted, but we did live in a caravan, ) I always tried to live by the ideals of the new South Africa, embracing others, trying to live in peace, appreciating everyone and life, but as time went by I became increasingly embarrassed to be South African. Whilst trying to build myself up, pay for university and hold down a job with no support from rich parents or government grants, only to have my hard earned, precious few possessions stolen on numerous occasions, and as more crime was committed against my family (my two beautiful nieces who were 14 and 16 respectively, were almost raped whilst walking to the shops, and luckily, saved by a brave man who actually bothered to stop his car and help them) I became rather embittered. After my mom got mugged, my friend got hijacked and shot, and after watching all the corruption by high ranking officials just being swept under the carpet, no issues, lining their pockets and finally, after Julius malema and his recent behaviour, I just cant take it anymore. The consequences? Nothing more than a light slap on the wrist instead of hard action by the ANC. The ANC obviously supports his views, they might not say it as loudly as he does, but the mere fact that he has not been fired says that on some level they are in agreement with him…yes, it is ok to shoot the Boer! Yes, it is ok to do exactly what you want to, even if it offends and threatens others wellbeing. Yes it ok to lie and cheat and steal and to gain tenders just because you are in cahoots with the ANC (by the way, Julius Malema is not suited to his current position, he should rather be the minister of finance, think about it, he gets R20 000 salary a month from the youth league but yet somehow, manages to afford 3 properties in Sandton worth millions, has 7 cars at hundreds of thousands a pop, has Louis Vuitton bags… he sure knows how to stretch the rand!) . Either way, I have had enough and am moving overseas. I’m going to freeze my *** off in Sweden, but hey… at least I probably won’t get murdered/hijacked on my way to the opera… I will truly miss South Africa, my home…
IF you thinks that’s scary then well your in for a suprise
This is really shocking, the last page, changed my life
Mike
April 9, 2010 at 3:23 pm
SA be wise, when a whiteman killed black man nobody talks viz versa, leave Malema alone
You talk rubbish! The whole world was up in arms. Even the states and Aus who where worse than South Africa in terms of their behaviour towards other races. Why do you think we were in isolation. The only diffirence is we gave it a name: “apartheid”
Melama is not healthy for this country. He is either a very hateful man who wasnt even part of any struggle or a smoke screen to run deversion for the ANC!!
Shame Bee, Nathi
The day when Malema is president…you will not have food to eat… or gold to mine…it takes brains to work, to provide food, to mine…he doesn’t have it…not even matric! Peacefull sleep on an empty stomach!
well the media gave ET so much publicity but at the time of his death SA also lost a crucial member of society, our health deputy minister, and his death wasn’t given much publicity why?
Don’t start fighting again, South Africa, please. I don’t mean to be condescending just because I’m from outside SA, but do you really want to go back in time, South Africans?
I am a young white south african and i just wish we could stop fighting. I watched the opening of the world cup, after the whole world negativity, and i was so proud of South Africa i wanted to bawl my eyes out! The very next day i was walking my dogs in a park, and there was a mixed crowd of young black and whites. Everyone was happy. I didnt feel usafe. It was as i didnt have to be scared of the black people mugging me, and they didnt have to watch out for this white pig and his dogs…we were all just so happy… equally south african and joined in pride. I am so inspired that i just want to know the big question. What can i do to help change this country?
I am tired of being scared. It is now 16 years since apartheid ended…we need to find a solution SA to this bullshit, once and for, we need to sort out this fighting, because we cannot go on like this forever. instead of fighting, how about working together to uplift each other? get to know each other, concentrate on becoming a green, first world country.
Bee
April 6, 2010 at 3:54 pmET died big Fn deal, many have died and never made the news. So what if Malema wants to sing Kill the Boer – if you weren’t F*** racists you would simply ignore and live your lives and stop making excuses for your twisted sick mentalities…