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Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has questioned the reaction of the South African Police Service (SAPS) to protesters in front of Senekal Magistrates Court in the Free State on Tuesday.
Farmers were protesting outside the court, where two suspects appeared in connection with the murder of 22-year-old farm manager Brendin Horner.
The protest turned violent after a farmer tried to reach suspects in the court’s holding cells, sparking clashes with the police, causing a police van to overturn and set fire.
Malema said this was the way white people treated the “clown” government of “puppet” President Cyril Ramaphosa.
He said: “Whites don’t play; They are dealing with this clown government of their puppet Cyril Ramaphosa. Not a single shot from a rubber bullet. Can you imagine if they were black? “
Whites don’t play; they’re dealing with this clown government of their puppet @CyrilRamaphosa. Not a single shot from a rubber bullet. Can you imagine if they were black? pic.twitter.com/iGy1NBsrv3
– Julius Seal Malema (@Julius_S_Malema) October 6, 2020
A Fees Must Fall activist also questioned the police’s treatment of farmers.
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“They sent me to 6 months in prison and sentenced me to an additional 3 years of house arrest ending in 2022. For using a slingshot during #feesmustfall protest. Imagine if you did what these targets are doing. They were going to give me a life sentence, ”he said.
Since then, the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) has condemned the “rebellious” behavior of the protesters.
“During this ambush, numerous shots were fired and the rebel protesters tried to reach the suspects in the detention cells of the court, leading to clashes with the police, where several police vehicles were vandalized.
“Although the police are to be congratulated for making these quick arrests, these rebellious protesters chose to attack them and destroy state vehicles.
“We consider this rebellious behavior to be characteristic of recklessness, and those responsible must be held responsible,” Popcru said in a statement.
But the civil rights organization AfriForum said that “outside of court (he saw) how people show compassion and compassion, but also that people are angry about the situation in the country.”
#BrendinHorner Senekal pic.twitter.com/1yDObOZZiz
– Isoldé Laesecke (@ILaesecke) October 6, 2020
“The anger that people have expressed here today is the result of the cruelty of the problem that simply does not stop and that is accompanied by the carefree attitude that the government has in the face of agricultural killings.
“The solution to the farm murder problem is twofold. The message of the agricultural killings must be carried to all corners of the world and to the chambers of the United Nations councils to ensure that the international community hears it.
“The second part of the solution, which is even more important, is for people to realize that the government is not going to solve the crisis. Communities should become the solution on their own by joining community security structures to better take care of their own security, ”said Ernst Roets, Head of Policy and Action at AfriForum.
South Africans have taken to social media to express their opinion using the hashtag #FarmMurders.
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