The Irony of South African politics where killers walk free and talkers get fried

Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Richard Catto 1,349 views

Julius Malema and Zwelinzima Vavi are being taken very seriously by many South Africans and the South African Human Rights Commission for using evocative language recently.

"Oh no!", they are being told, "you can’t tell us you’re willing to shoot and kill for Zuma! That’s very naughty and we demand that you retract your utterances within 14 days or we shall become very angry."

Please. Give me a fucking break.

Who gives a shit?

South Africa is the same country that gave amnesty to the APLA gang who shot up the St. James Church in the massacre of July 1993 and followed that up with a shooting spree at The Heidelberg pub in Observatory, Cape Town.

We let actual killers and murderers walk free. They didn’t make any speeches about killing – they just went and actually did it.

And we let them walk.

Now, we are supposed to work up some angst over a couple of politicians who chose to express their sentiments of loyalty (for another politician) in fighting language?

Sorry, but I can’t take you seriously.

First go and lock up the real killers. The guys who killed the people at St. James, The Heidelberg, and the killers of Amy Biehl and then we’ll talk.

Until then, you are a clanging hollow drum that is becoming increasingly stupid and annoying.

Tags: Amy Biehl, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, St. James massacre, Zwelinzima Vavi
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