Coffin assault trial

ponder said:
Remember purpleface? It was racist blackface from the start for ngwe23, evidence or not.

Wonder what happened to those involved.
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Oh yeah. I remembered that. He/she apologized....but starting to set a tone that if the news reported it...must be racist.

I blame the media. They have a hand in dividing us. Here and in the US.
 
crackersa said:
Oh yeah. I remembered that. He/she apologized....but starting to set a tone that if the news reported it...must be racist.
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In this case I suspect it probably was racist but until all the evidence/facts are presented & the court rules it's pure speculation on my part and anyone else screaming at the top of their lungs. Innocent until proven guilty is mantra we should follow. Oh yeah the media sucks.
 
'I was scared for my life' – man who was forced into coffin

Middelburg – Victor Mlotshwa, the man who was beaten and placed into a coffin by two men in Middelburg, said he feared for his life during the ordeal.

"They beat me up, tied me and put me into a coffin," Mlotshwa said outside the Middelburg Magistrate's Court, where the two alleged culprits appeared.

"I was scared for my life. They accused me of trespassing [on] their farm and they started beating me up. There was a foot path there and I decided to use it.

"The next thing, there was a grave and then a coffin. There was nothing I could do because the other man had a gun," he said.

Theo Jackson and Willem Oosthuizen abandoned their bail bid on Wednesday.

Packed to capacity

The court gallery was packed to capacity with members of the community and different political parties.

Dressed in his ANC T-shirt, Mlotshwa sat a row behind the alleged racists.

The case has been postponed to January 25 while Jackson and Oosthuizen remained in custody.

Prosecutor Rean Lourens opposed bail. He said it was not in the interest of the community that the two be granted bail.

The incident happened on August 27.

Mlotshwa's brother, Thobile, said they were not aware of the incident until recently.

"He didn't have evidence to prove what had happened, it's only two weeks back that he decided to open the case. He didn't think anyone would believe him," he said.

YouTube video

Mlotshwa's assault took place at the JM de Beer Boerdery, next to the Komati power station in Mpumalanga.

In a 20-second video of the incident, which was posted on YouTube on November 7, one man, speaking in Afrikaans, forces Mlotshwa into a coffin and threatens to pour petrol on him.

Members of the ANC, DA and EFF protested outside court, holding placards, some of which read: "Life sentence for this racists" and "Racism must fall".

The ANC and EFF held two opposing gatherings, with their own stages, several metres from each other outside the court.

Mlotshwa joined the ANC on its stage, while addressing supporters.

Provincial ANCYL leader Desmond Moena said the EFF were "political prostitutes" and that Mlotshwa belongs to them.

The EFF said the other political parties would not have known about the case, were it not for them. The party also criticised the lack of restraints on Jackson and Oosthuizen when they appeared.

News24
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/N...-life-man-who-was-forced-into-coffin-20161116
 
The ANC and EFF held two opposing gatherings, with their own stages, several metres from each other outside the court.

Mlotshwa joined the ANC on its stage, while addressing supporters.

Provincial ANCYL leader Desmond Moena said the EFF were "political prostitutes" and that Mlotshwa belongs to them.

The EFF said the other political parties would not have known about the case, were it not for them.
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It's like a sick freak show out there with them trying to use this guy for political grandstanding.
 
schumi said:
Middelburg – Victor Mlotshwa, the man who was beaten and placed into a coffin by two men in Middelburg, said he feared for his life during the ordeal.

"They beat me up, tied me and put me into a coffin," Mlotshwa said outside the Middelburg Magistrate's Court, where the two alleged culprits appeared.

"I was scared for my life. They accused me of trespassing [on] their farm and they started beating me up. There was a foot path there and I decided to use it.

"The next thing, there was a grave and then a coffin. There was nothing I could do because the other man had a gun," he said.

Theo Jackson and Willem Oosthuizen abandoned their bail bid on Wednesday.

Packed to capacity

The court gallery was packed to capacity with members of the community and different political parties.

Dressed in his ANC T-shirt, Mlotshwa sat a row behind the alleged racists.

The case has been postponed to January 25 while Jackson and Oosthuizen remained in custody.

Prosecutor Rean Lourens opposed bail. He said it was not in the interest of the community that the two be granted bail.

The incident happened on August 27.

Mlotshwa's brother, Thobile, said they were not aware of the incident until recently.

"He didn't have evidence to prove what had happened, it's only two weeks back that he decided to open the case. He didn't think anyone would believe him," he said.

YouTube video

Mlotshwa's assault took place at the JM de Beer Boerdery, next to the Komati power station in Mpumalanga.

In a 20-second video of the incident, which was posted on YouTube on November 7, one man, speaking in Afrikaans, forces Mlotshwa into a coffin and threatens to pour petrol on him.

Members of the ANC, DA and EFF protested outside court, holding placards, some of which read: "Life sentence for this racists" and "Racism must fall".

The ANC and EFF held two opposing gatherings, with their own stages, several metres from each other outside the court.

Mlotshwa joined the ANC on its stage, while addressing supporters.

Provincial ANCYL leader Desmond Moena said the EFF were "political prostitutes" and that Mlotshwa belongs to them.

The EFF said the other political parties would not have known about the case, were it not for them. The party also criticised the lack of restraints on Jackson and Oosthuizen when they appeared.

News24
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/N...-life-man-who-was-forced-into-coffin-20161116
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so even the victim mentions nothing about race....

so as the story comes out...the "victim" was trespassing. why was he trespassing? could he be scouting out the place for farm attack?

there is so many unknowns here....and still nothing that solidly says it's race related.
 
There is a line, once you cross the line you are no better than those you oppose. The line is the law here where these two clowns are deserving to be punished. My only concern is with those pro-actively protesting against these discriminating acts,

Members of the ANC, DA and EFF protested outside court, holding placards, some of which read: "Life sentence for this racists" and "Racism must fall".
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I hardly ever see these groups pour out on these hearing days to stand up against ‘other’ discriminating acts.
 
ngwe23 said:
Yes, racist are easy to read. They are so predictable too.
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It's so easy when the "reader" has a one track mind screaming "White Racists" at any controversial incident.

SAD part is the same idiotic reader would never comment or condemn the actions when their own racists is in action.
 
"Provincial ANCYL leader Desmond Moena said the EFF were "political prostitutes" and that Mlotshwa belongs to them."

Now they fighting over who 'Owns' him.:D
 
ngwe23 said:
Look who is joining the bandwagon :crylaugh::crylaugh::crylaugh:
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Ja pretty disappointing. As soon as we get the ANC out in 2019 the DA won't last long. Everyone is no only voting to get the ANC out
 
crackersa said:
so even the victim mentions nothing about race....

so as the story comes out...the "victim" was trespassing. why was he trespassing? could he be scouting out the place for farm attack?

there is so many unknowns here....and still nothing that solidly says it's race related.
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You know that Human Rights are equally applied in SA? Once the two clowns crossed the line, they only had themselves to blame.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
There is a line, once you cross the line you are no better than those you oppose. The line is the law here where these two clowns are deserving to be punished. My only concern is with those pro-actively protesting against these discriminating acts,



I hardly ever see these groups pour out on these hearing days to stand up against ‘other’ discriminating acts.
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ANC/EFF buses is expensive to rent?
 
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