America has no Monopoly on Crazy Crackers
Guess racist hicks in South Africa like to beat the shit out of black people just like our own! Rather than a pedestrian torture like, say, dragging the victim behind a pickup truck, farmer Mark Scott-Crossley and his employee Simon Mathebula threw Nelson Chisale to the lions. Literally [via].Mr Chisale was sacked late in 2003. In January 2004, he returned to pick up his belongings at the farm near the Kruger National Park in the north-east of the country.And in a heart-warming twist, apparently a good man is just as hard to find in Phalaborwa as anywhere -- Sim Strydom and Mr. Scott-Crossley tied the knot just before he was sentenced to life in prison.
There he was beaten up by Scott-Crossley and Mathebula, his employee.
They tied him up and then took him to a nearby lion breeding centre, where they threw him into an enclosure.
The court was unable to establish whether Mr Chisale was already dead when he was thrown into the enclosure, as Scott-Crossley claimed during his defence.
The only remains recovered were a few bones and some shredded clothing.
Photo by Bathini Mbatha.
posted by Jackson at 6:29 PM
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As a white South African who was raised during racial segregation,unwillingly performed two years of compulsory national service starting at sixteen and have never, as is with the majority of my peers had any issues with other races based on skin colour. I sometimes read and listen to the way in which we as whites are ridiculed and scorned by certain sectors of the international community.There seems to be a tendency to generalise when it comes to racial misdeeds.That we are all bigots is a complete misnomer and please do not at any time think that I am defending the wrongdoing of criminals. What transpired during those years can in no way be condoned and reperation will never be satisfactory, however I feel that what is happening in this country today is an close negative of the previous regime. On this hand though,the glove is worn by the lawless as opposed to the law during Nationalist rule. One needs simply to study the crime statistics to verify the facts.A solution to our present and past crises will not be found in the continual critism of our past but rather in positive suggestions and pro-active behaviour. I invite all sceptics to visit our country to get a feel for the atmosphere before judgement is laid down then perhaps all will have an equal understanding as to the way we are.
# posted by 
: 5:56 PM, June 29, 2006
: 5:56 PM, June 29, 2006
yeeaa dat guy is rite im white and i aint a racist i get along wit good ppls- dats all. an i think dat white ppl get so much racism comin to them for da past because of wat other ppl did that we dont even no. well i aint did nothin racist. yall da ones bein racist to me. idk how u can say white ppl r racist and generalize an entire race at the same time. so wrong u no. n we aint all hicks neitha. i live in a area where i am the minority and i get along fine. i dont need so live in some stupid hick town to b white. messed up stereotypes.
# posted by : 12:03 AM, August 03, 2006
: 12:03 AM, August 03, 2006
yeeaa dat guy is rite im white and i aint a racist i get along wit good ppls- dats all. an i think dat white ppl get so much racism comin to them for da past because of wat other ppl did that we dont even no. well i aint did nothin racist. yall da ones bein racist to me. idk how u can say white ppl r racist and generalize an entire race at the same time. so wrong u no. n we aint all hicks neitha. i live in a area where i am the minority and i get along fine. i dont need so live in some stupid hick town to b white. messed up stereotypes.
# posted by : 12:05 AM, August 03, 2006
: 12:05 AM, August 03, 2006
excuse me, but did you just say "yall" and "I'm not a hick (we aint all hicks neitha)" in the same comment? you know, really everyone has some racial bias, whether it be pasted down from parents or gained through negative experience. The only way to stop racism is to stop saying things like "I'm white" or "I'm black" and find new ways to identify ourselves and our community because ultimately below the skin we are all human and THAT is the message I will teach to my children.
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