The recent shooting of three black people by Johan Nel (18) in the Skielik settlement in Swartruggens has illustrated the fragile nature of South African race relations. Within hours after the shooting, emotions on both sides of the racial divide were running high with opposition parties objecting to the political exploitation of the case while in front of the court building the anti-white slogan, “Kill the Boer, kill the farmer”, was resounding.
In all societies, there are occasional murders by disturbed individuals who would attempt to append a political or moral motive to an essentially pathological deed. For example, murderer and rapist William Kekana who wiped out the Rawstorne family, including one-year old Kayla, in 2004 claimed he did it “because of apartheid”. He was also quoted as saying, “We did everything we did because they were white.”
The recent shooting of three black people by Johan Nel (18) in the Skielik settlement in Swartruggens has illustrated the fragile nature of South African race relations. Within hours after the shooting, emotions on both sides of the racial divide were running high with opposition parties objecting to the political exploitation of the case while in front of the court building the anti-white slogan, “Kill the Boer, kill the farmer”, was resounding.
In all societies, there are occasional murders by disturbed individuals who would attempt to append a political or moral motive to an essentially pathological deed. For example, murderer and rapist William Kekana who wiped out the Rawstorne family, including one-year old Kayla, in 2004 claimed he did it “because of apartheid”. He was also quoted as saying, “We did everything we did because they were white.”
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