Farmer 'sabotaged' road

[MickeyD]

You forget that most of this farmland was stolen in the first place, in fact a lot of people were killed when they were dispossessed of the land.

Yes... Dingaan and Shaka did not take any nonsense.

 

[Fudzy]

From the report:

Okay so it's the road that's on his property, not the village.

 

[w1z4rd]

This is one of the reasons farmers get massacred.

No, hardly at all. Only a disgusting farmer would behave like this and these type of farmers are in a super minority. Most farm attacks happen because of economical reasons, not because of land disputes.

 

[w1z4rd]

If the road is on his land then he has every right to do this.

You'll probably find there has been theft or its becoming a security risk having randoms walk through his property.

Those type of roads dont belong to the farmers. The road goes through the farm and is owned by the local municipality.

 

[F1 Fan]

3m deep or not, that is not a very wide trench. Can easily get over there with a plank or something.

 

[w1z4rd]

You forget that most of this farmland was stolen in the first place, in fact a lot of people were killed when they were dispossessed of the land.

True, it was probably taken by the zulu colonialists during the the mfecane.

 

[Azbubu]

How did a guy with a cane get to the other side? I'm not believing he walked 70km for a photo opp.

He's the Township Olympics pole-vault silver medalist.

 

[w1z4rd]

3m deep or not, that is not a very wide trench. Can easily get over there with a plank or something.

Would you drive a taxi full of kids over a hole with planks in it?

 

[CyraxHB]

You forget that most of this farmland was stolen in the first place, in fact a lot of people were killed when they were dispossessed of the land.

Really? Do you have proof that this farmer did not buy the land?

 

[ShaunSA]

Would you drive a taxi full of kids over a hole with planks in it?

I don't think the taxis needed to cross the trench. The people needed to cross it to get to the road where the taxis run. Or have I got it wrong?

 

[w1z4rd]

I don't think the taxis needed to cross the trench. The people needed to cross it to get to the road where the taxis run. Or have I got it wrong?

I guess it depends how far the hole is from the village.

 

[saksakgp]

OK show me then on a google maps how they have to walk almost the length of the Comrades marathon to get to the nearest transport I assume they mean is a road that taxis travel on.

Eish

 

[Azbubu]

OK show me then on a google maps how they have to walk almost the length of the Comrades marathon to get to the nearest transport I assume they mean is a road that taxis travel on.

It's not on Google maps because the Google van couldn't drive past his farm.

 

[MickeyD]

I guess it depends how far the hole is from the village.

69km ?

 

[Redeemed]

Why don't they just place a plank down and create a bridge, where there's a will there's a way.

3m deep or not, that is not a very wide trench. Can easily get over there with a plank or something.

They have done "something", read the artilce.

By the afternoon villagers, most of them grandmothers, had filled up the trench so that the children could use the road when they returned from school.

 

[Fudzy]

It's not on Google maps because the Google van couldn't drive past his farm.

LOL! I can't even find any reference to either the village or the farm.

 

[kingrob]

This is one of the reasons farmers get massacred.

I hope you get banned for life for this comment.

 

[Redeemed]

True, it was probably taken by the zulu colonialists during the the mfecane.

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Bruyns and the Zulu royal family of eNtembeni are locked in a dispute about the same land.

 

[Redeemed]

I hope you get banned for life for this comment.

Why?

 

[w1z4rd]

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Those are the latest modern disputes. They didnt start there and they wont end there.