'Shoot, but not to kill' quip by Mbalula angers DA at Cape Town central line's partial reopening

[rvZA]

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula came under fire for remarks he made during the partial reopening of Cape Town's crucial Central Railway Line.

Mbalula on Tuesday suggested the police should "shoot, but not to kill" people who set up shacks on the line.

"I came here to tell you we have the land for the people of Langa. There are other parcels of land, and I know that there are people that are going to try and come here [to the line]," he said.

'Shoot, but not to kill' quip by Mbalula angers DA at Cape Town central line's partial reopening | News24

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has come under fire for remarks he made during the partial reopening of Cape Town's crucial Central Railway Line.

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[rvZA]

Fokolile, a firearm is not a toy. When you pull it, you better be damned ready to kill. A firearm is not there to act as deterrent or threat or warning. If your life is in danger, or property is in danger, you use a firearm to kill the threat. Easy as that.

 

[Nerfherder]

Joh - imagine if this had been a DA person.

 

[Neptuner]

Well if the people of Langa are building shacks on the railway line LOL, Jan Smuts Drive is next followed by...

 

[PrimeSteak]

Joh - imagine if this had been a DA person.

Precisely. If it did happen it's all we would hear about for the next week.

 

[Flanders]

I think Prickile meant just shoot the corrugated iron sheets out of their hands - not actually harm them.

All that bitching and moaning you did about the way the old government handled things, ANC. And now look at the monster you've created.

 

[mojoman]

He is right though...just knee cap them or shoot out the elbow...You dont have to kill them....

 

[Budza]

PRASA need a tender for some of these:



Or these:

 

[My_King]

or property is in danger

no