I see the persecution complex is taking hold, if only as a means to deflate attention from racism. The truth of the matter is that Black people are in solidarity with the farming community when one of theirs is attacked, for example. You will never see a black person say "oh, what about what x white person did to black person y". Why, because at that point it is irrelevant to the matter at hand.
There is no political will to protect these rural communities, it is an unpatched security hole. Due to this, people will independently take again. You will see more action groups take up arms to protect themselves, their property and most importantly their belonging which is in question by a political agenda. The ANC and the EFF, including other groups, are contributing to these actions and are a threat to these people’s wellbeing.
As a case I condemn the actions by Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Martins Jackson, they crossed the line between right and wrong, and there is no in-between. They deserve to be sentenced with the toughest penalties, but then you have to question, why did the two accused behave inhumane towards an alleged trespasser and another? Is it that they have lost trust in the system?
I do not see the big three political houses pro-actively campaign as a collective to protect these rural communities, they do, but they apply their activism selectively. Yes, the DA have been vocal and have recently called on rural reaction units to be implemented, but where are they when white people are being abused and murdered on their rural properties? Then you have a party like the Freedom Front Plus, supported by two arms, which relentlessly hammers at protecting the rural communities, but they are questioned by the political houses and their statistics are scrutinised by the larger public (even here on the MyBb threads). This spurred people on to establish the National Front in strength.
Yes, Malema is emboldening black racists by invoking hate and he is by no means the only advocate. Maimane did nothing more than supporting that ‘rooted’ cause by publicly calling on violence to battle racism, and many commended Maimane. Where is Maimane when white people are murdered?
As much as people are calling this attack to be racist, it is xenophobic in nature.