Why are we all talking about Terreblanche? This is not even really a race issue. This is clearly a class issue. Exploited and oppressed farm-workers who have lived in misery all their lives have killed their oppressor. That the man was a white Nazi is not of great importance. Even if the oppressor was a BEE and had been killed by the workers under the same circumstances, our duty would be the same. Defend the workers! -----Original message----- From: Kaizer Mohau [email protected] Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:11:05 +0300 To: [email protected] Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Re: Terre'blanche is dead, so what????????
> EUGENE TERRE’BLANCHE IS DEAD, SO WHAT? > > Tuesday, 06 April 2010 > > By: Kaizer Mohau > > The death of Eugene Terre’blanche, the leader of the AWB should at no > stage be allowed to be used by the right wing forces in their quest to > create anarchy and lawlessness. Their argument about our historical > songs should as well be dismissed as an excuse to avoid serious > political issues. > > The media equally must be warned against its obsession with > sensationalisation - while we respect the role of the media as the > main tool we use as the public in getting news etc. we should at the > same time remind the media that it is very wrong to assist the right > wing in trying to auction our history and the political realities of > our times. > > The media as usual again forgets who this Terre’blanche is and what > has been his role in the evolution of the body politic of our country > – firstly we all know that Terre’blanche was a racist whose hatred > towards Black people in general and Africans in particular was equal > to that of Adolf Hitler. > > The AWB was unapologetically a Nazis organisation, that is why they > chose to adopt the Nazi swastika as their main and strategic symbol. > So clearly Terre’blanche was no angel either to Afrikaners’ or any > part of the South African population. It therefore in writing his > “public” obituary the media must be and must face the truth without > trying to cause racial chaos in this country. > > It is Terre’blanche who used many white Afrikaners in their attempt to > destabilise the process of negotiations for a peaceful settlement of > historical problems of our country – AWB members stormed under this > Terre’blsanche’s leadership the World Trade Centre in June 15 1993. > Their demands were clearly about their opposition to the removal of > apartheid and white supremacy. > > It is the same Terre’blanche who commanded an attack on innocent Black > people in the North West in defence of their apartheid garden boy in > the form of Lucas Mangope. AWB members killed a number of innocent > civilians again to ensure that apartheid system and its racist > arrangements are maintained at all cost. > > Terr’blanche has been in prison for his atrocities against innocent > Black people – he has on many occasions been accused of ill treating > Blacks and using many stupid racists in his dirty racist actions. > > I am not even surprised at the manner in which many Black people in > Ventersdorp are not willing to send condolences to this Hitler type > mass murderer. > It needs to be very clear from the onset that here I am not trying to > justify the killing of the AWB leader but I am very concern at the way > this killing is being interpreted. > > Terre’blanche in my view was initially wrong to employ a child; this > is illegal in the context of our labour laws. It is an open child > labour and it must be condemned even though it should not be used as > an excuse for criminal actions. > > I think what it is naturally justifiable is the decision by the > Ventersdorp community to attend the court case in its first appearance > in court to be in solidarity with those accused of killing > Terre’blanche, to an extend this action is justified based on the > manner in which our courts have been dealing with cases of this > nature. We know very well that white farmers who murder Black farm > workers normally get granted bails but black people struggle a lot to > get a bail. > > As much as we know that based on the principle of innocence until > proven otherwise, everyone is entitled to bail – but in the North West > province and especially in Potchefstroom and Ventersdorp to be > specific, this right is limited to white farmers and racist whites > under similar circumstances. > > > For many in the community the killing represent freedom from racist > terrorism and harassment by Terre’blanche and co of fascist racists. > > While others will say, “Rest in Peace” Terre’blanche myself and others > are saying “Rest in Hell” Today’s Hitler! > > Historical liberation songs > > Let us make this point very clear with or without the apartheid court > and judge decision to rule unconstitutional these songs, that we are > not and will never be apologetic about our singing of these songs – I > am not convinced about those who are coming an telling us that these > songs should be treated as unconstitutional and at the same time they > never declared unconstitutional the killing of black people by white > racist for so many years. > > We will continue to remember and teach others about the past so that > we are able to build our future based on a clear understanding of > history and in the true sense of it. > > As we all remember and know that currently the white Afrikaner > communities in many parts of the country are fighting against the > change of names of cities, streets and other institutions, amongst > others the argument is that we cannot delete the heritage and history > of whites, but why should we delete ours? > > What makes the Afrikaner history and so-called heritage better and > superior then ours? This is wrong constitutionally and otherwise. > > So it is equally in this context that we shall sing every song and we > are prepared to make the supreme sacrifice in defence of our democracy > and our history. > Sometimes after the brutal killing of Steve Bantu Biko and later of > Cde Milo Ngalo in the Free state Province, a song was composed which > sang as follows: “Maburu ke dintja, ba bulaile Steve Biko, ba bulaile > Milo Ngalo” – if they did not kill our leaders then we could have not > composed such a song. > > It is in our view that art at some point reflect our lives and > experiences not the other way round. > > It is now obvious that those racists who even have a decency to > threaten the country by revenging the death of their evil little god > are now mobilising against democracy and peace – what we need to say > in response to this is that they must never forget that this is not a > banana republic, in this country we have institutions which are > strategically created and strengthened to deal with lawlessness – > failure which we will never allow our country to be bullied by cheap > elements and racist cults. We shall not fold our arms and let innocent > people to be attacked – the time for white supremacist hatred of Black > is over and we are at the time when we should all come together to > build a non racial society based on equality and democracy. > > We hope our democratic movement will use all in our power to challenge > the apartheid court which declared unconstitutional the singing of our > liberation songs – we will not do justice if we leave the issue as it > is now. Chances are that some of us will defy the court on this matter > because we are certain our history is not auctioning, while we highly > respect our court and the law we are equally of the view that courts > are sometimes politically manipulated – thus these wrong decisions. > > Kaizer Mohau writes in his capacity > Potchefstroom (North West province) > Mobile: 072 080 2824 > 072 731 5818 > > -- > You are subscribed. 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