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It’s a textbook example of how, 30 years into democracy, racial and political agendas drive events in South Africa. Also, how we react to them.
This incident revolves around the expanding use of violence as a negotiating tactic, which has long been tacitly tolerated by the ANC government, as well as the growing phenomenon of specifically black-on-white violence, whether it be as retribution, intimidation or to gain political concessions.
In response, the police, as usual, do nothing. The government, as usual, is missing in action. And the media, which is
