Bheki Cele misleads the public about farm murders - AfriForum: Ernst
Roets says instead of recognising the need to prioritise this type of
crime, a false accusation of racism is made Bheki Cele misleads the
public about farm murders AfriForum accused the deputy minister of
agriculture, Bheki Cele, of misleading the public about the reality on
South Africa's farms, and that he does not seriously consider the plea
of those who call for the prioritisation of farm murders. This follows
after Cele was questioned this morning during a press conference on
farm murders, to which he responded that people should stop making a
racial issue of farm murders (see report). Ernst Roets, deputy CEO of
AfriForum, said Cele uses this tactic to evade the true extent of the
crisis. "Instead of recognising the need to prioritise farm murders, a
false accusation of racism is made." Roets explained that it rather
seems as though the government is looking through racial glasses at
farm murders and for that reason is not prepared to take any action.
"The hard facts are that the majority of farmers who are being
murdered, are white. Whether it is simply because most farmers are
white, or because there is an underlying racial motive, will at this
stage amount to speculation. We know, however, that black farmers and
farm workers are also murdered during farm attacks." Roets added that
AfriForum does not distinguished along racial lines when they are
asking for farm murders to be prioritised, and that AfriForum even
wrote to the president about black farm workers who are being murdered
in farm attacks. "The problem, however, is that the prioritisation of
farm murders apparently does not fit within the ruling party's
political agenda. If the government uses the necessary resources and
displays the necessary political leadership, farm murders will stop.
What happens in practice is the opposite of this - farmers are used as
political punching bags and cutting remarks are made against those who
call for the prioritisation of farm murders."
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