It is disturbing to learn that in 2012 the
law still favors one race more than the other in South Africa. Why do white
people successfully win cases in this country? Even the DA can find fault with
any law and successfully challenge it any time? Is it because our Court rooms are
still white? Or the law is based on European situations and therefore it
makes it easy for white pople to understand and push its boundaries. This begs more
questions, can a South African law adapt to South African situation base on African experiences all citizens?
From a layman like me the criminal laws of
this country favor the whites. I have lost count of cases where farm owners kill
Africans and claim that they thought they were monkeys (how ironic because
this is the same term associated with black people all over the world
especially in Italy and Russia) and they got away with murder literally.
There was a sensational case in South
Africa after the killing of an ANC connected businessman Brett Kebble.
Everybody who was involved in his killing from the planning to his actual
murder was pale with the exception of one Jackie Selebi who did not even take
part in the killing. Guess who was arrested? The only African amongst the lot,
guys who pulled the trigger left scot-free. From where I stand they were let
free because they had the right color. maybe I am wrong, maybe I am racist.
Few weeks ago I was shocked when I heard
that two Lotter siblings got lighter sentences for killing their parents. They
claim that they were forced to kill their parents by a certain Mr. Moodley who
got a stiff sentence compared to theirs. My bone of contention is that here
white murderers kind of get away with murder again.
Rewind to few years earlier, Scot Crossly
forced his employees to throw a human being in a lion’s den. Guess what the
poor black workers did not receive any mercy from the magistrate, not that they
deserve any, but murderers should all be treated as that.
