Mpumalanga Safety and Security MEC, Vusi Shongwe, has proposed that the land of white farmers who abuse black workers be “confiscated”.
Shongwe told City Press that the ANC government needed to stop being reactionary but come up with proper and sober solutions to deal with embedded racism that rears its ugly head in South Africa.
The MEC said in response to the murder of two black farm labourers at Pampoenkraal near Piet Retief allegedly by Daniel Malan (38), Cornelius Greyling (25) and Othard Klingenberg (53).
“The solution does not rest with us in Mpumalanga because racism is all over the country, even in the US. As the ANC we must take proper and sober decisions. We always react to these incidents,” Shongwe said.
Sipho Mabena FF Plus leader Pieter Groenewald. Picture: Gallo Images/Jeffrey Abrahams
The incident that led to the arrest and charging of four farmers from Mkhondo in Mpumalanga for the murder of two farm dwellers has raised questions, the Freedom Front Plus has said.
Daniel Malan, 38, Cornelius Greyling, 26, Othard Clingberg, 58, and Michael Sternberg, 31, have been each charged with two counts of murder and one of assault with intent to inflict grievous bodily.
On Monday, the Piet Retief Magistrate’s Court postponed their matter to next week for further investigation and formal bail application in connection with the murder of brothers Mgcini Coko, 36, and Zenzele Coko, 39, at Pampoenkraal Farm at Dirkieskop, Mkhondo.
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