The country is now on what is popularly known as lockdown in an attempt by government to stop the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.
What is even more concerning, as a paradox, is that Covid-19 was brought into the country by the privileged white elite that had travelled abroad to risky countries and returned without declaring where they had been.They came through our international airports and travelled to different destinations across the country, while mingling with other people and thus putting all our lives in danger.
This translated to me that, whenever the army is deployed, they have a licence to brutalise black people. Black people are kicked around, punched, whipped and made to perform some of the most degrading and dehumanising acts. This was in violation of the regulations issued by the government, but it was no different from those who went surfing or jogging, or walked their dogs.This level of brutality meted out to black people by the SANDF and SAPS reveals an army and police force that is still fundamentally untransformed 26 years into democracy.The fact that these armed forces are a creation of the Constitution is only academic.
They live in congested squalor and, because of that condition, they are easily treated as the scum of the earth who must be brutalised at will by the army and police.
Heads should roll for the brutal killing of the peaceful Ethiopian man in KZN for alledgedly selling cigarettes. But we all know they will protect their own.
Queen_Tsholo8 what do you suggest must happen/be done, for our people to obey in order to fight Corona?
shandu009 The poor in particular..
Apartheid Group Areas Act back in full force. Anybody found without a dompas is beaten to death.
shandu009 You are so full of sh!t. This level of reporting and sensationalism is just pure amateurish...thanks for being part of the solution....NOT!
Nonsense
you are at the best platform to encourage people to stay home but instead you are criticizing the duties of SANDF, what does stay at home means to you. This is not the time to be negative as you are all about. Be the builder not the destroyer
Hloksie7 The army and the police must come hard on those who break the law. Why is it mostly whites who are up in arms?
They seem to be far removed from communities from which they come, everyone knows that people need more education about this virus not skop n donner. Can't even pronounce it properly.
VijayShadean And who heads up these two national forces...?
Wow ! That’s a racist take !
khasu_k You crown a clown president and you all expect him to act any different?please...
I will be on the side of white people but honestly speaking they are obeying the rules and regulations of lockdown our fellow blacks are being ignorant about this whole lockdown to them it's just business as normal
The army is transformed in respect to the black faces now in its ranks. But it's fundamental objectives and ethos have not transformed.
You have apartheid and bantustan as generals still, master and a boy of apartheid SA. Boy made a master and still continuing his inferiority. How many privates are white and black?
Amen
They're carrying big guns for what,shooting defenceless citizens?
But the soldiers and police brutalizing blacks are black too. What “transformation “ is the writer talking about?
The bad news is black people racially abuse black I can’t believe how useless black people are once given POWER
This is a tough and painfully emotional discussion that needs to be had in order for the nation to heal.
Apartheid or New South Africa same skop and donnor
What has Apartheid MYANC done in 26 yrs? Free tertiary education? Ended all Pit latrines? End to all shacks? Life Esidimeni? Marikana? _AMCU afriforum ProtestZa Richard_Spoor GregMarinovich IvoVegter jikat DuncanJane EndTheLockdown EconomicSuicide CovidHysteria
MYANC took over where the apartheid govt left off, this was evident in their response to Marikana which was directed by the same CyrilRamaphosa. Where miners were charged using apartheid laws MYANC conveniently forgot to repeal. The permits to move around are dom passes.
Irresponsible title Mzukisi Makatse, apartheid was certainly inhumane, but let's not associate & blame apartheid for the current unruly & unwarranted behavior.
What is the problem with Black policemen and soldiers that they show little respect for their fellow Black people?
DebbieBloodmoon sjoya : Check this out
Just look behind the soldiers....
DebbieBloodmoon It's black on black brutality because most of those soldiers are not even white like in the apartheid days. We degrade each other like that
zwidenyapT In this country if u are black and poor you are in Trouble...... I still see rich black & whites jogging in my neighborhood but I yesterday I came across police pushing around a beggar on the very same street
True Black people get beat without even being asked a single question they just beat you you could be going to buy food they don't care while whites get treated as kings and queens we see it on the ground only black neighborhoods are getting army visits
Wats worse is that its black military doing it to black citizens
From apartheid terrorism to state capture terrorism
Most of those soldier's are born in 1990's knows nothing about apartheid. Stay home
I witnessed some frm the inside of my home & was threatened not to watch & further quarantine...imagine, no sense at all. All this to the amusement of a black saps colleague in dumbfounded shock.
If u go to townships, people are playing on street. Not only children, including older people. They dont want to stay home, go to surbub, is different people there are complying. People in township's they bealive this is not for them. We can't blame soldier's
Thanks for calling a spade a spade!!!!
Choosing this photo to go with this article was a mistake.
Simple truth is if we all listened and obeyed the rules then we wouldn’t need army to be so hard with people.
Bullshit.spreading fake news and cause issues here!
Mr minister of Police your men and women in uniform are doing a little just give them sjambok to deal with unruly elements especially amongst africans
I dont think its true. We have about 70% of blacks in sa , and around 10% whites , obviously we expect few people from big groups to misbehave compared to 10% whites.
1/... Nope. Soldiers on the ground were either unborn oe 5 yrs old in 1994. The SANDF has since completely transformed. So trying to link current baviour to apartheid seems like a desperate attempt to find an excuse in an external factor. What you se is universal, not unique.
Wow, at a time like this, you choose to stir the pot? Perhaps people need to listen and stop doing whatever the hell they want.
Ummm he is wrong, my people are stubborn and deserve that it
Rubbish, I don’t believe this has anything to do with race but rather as to who is listening and who is not listening!
It’s no better with black and white People towards each other so why would it be any different in the Police or Military. COVID coronavirus cyrilramaphosa COVID19
.... once your freedom is taken it is never given back
Strokes. Folks.
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