A public meeting to discuss changing the names of streets in Pretoria, South Africa to reflect a “shared heritage” broke out into a mini-race war after Black police officers beat and assaulted White and Afrikaaner residents who came to voice their opinion on the matter.
The incident began when a White man, who had the forum at the time and was not breach of any regulations, was hit over the head by a Black man. In scenes reminiscent of Communist Occupied Rhodesia, predominantly black SA police and metro cops stormed into the hall in Pretoria North and started attacking White residents, while pointedly ignoring black troublemakers. Police kicked out the Whites and refused to allow them to participate further in the meeting.
Kallie Kriel of the pro-White Afrikaans group Afriforum was assaulted and man-handled by a Black Metro cop director who was in charge of the Metro police contingent. Kriel said he pointed out to director Ndumiso Jaca that the Black responsible for hitting a White resident over the head with a chair was still in the hall – this after the Metro police had selectively intervened and thrown out only White residents involved in the fighting.
Jaca then attacked Kriel, who subsequently laid charges of assault against the director. “I made it clear that I had no part in the disruption and did not resist, and simply pointed out that the man responsible for the violence was still in the hall. The violence broke out when a black attacked a White, hitting him over the head with a chair. A White man was arrested, but the black who started the fight wasn’t even addressed or questioned.”
A spokesman for the Freedom Front + said the ANC’s reckless handling of the issue had reached crisis proportions and required urgent intervention. FF+ MP Willie Spies said the police only targeted and attacked Whites but completely ignored black troublemakers.
The Pro-Afrikaans Action Group (PRAAG) said the action shown by the police in “openly siding with one ethnic group” was the “final name in the coffin of South African democracy”.
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Ndumiso Jaca is an honorable and responsible senior member of the executive committee. He would not have acted this way unless he was provoked.