Ever since the findings of the #NkabindeInquiry brought the Cato Manor saga back into the spotlight, and the issue of racketeering charges against General Johan Booysen and members of the #CatoManor unit resurfaced, some of South Africa’s loudest self-appointed champions of justice have suddenly developed a very convenient case of laryngitis.
Where are the press conferences? Where are the outraged statements? Where are the demands for arrests? Where are the threats of court action? Where is the usual deafening noise?
Silence. Absolute silence.
Why?
Could it be because the suspects are white?
Let’s reverse the scenario. If these were black police officers accused of the same serious offences, would these same NGOs be sitting quietly on their hands? Or would we already have seen the microphones, cameras, court applications, international condemnation and demands that the police drag the suspects before court?
We all know what would happen.
And that is the hypocrisy we must confront.
You cannot spend years lecturing South Africans about equality, human rights and justice, then suddenly lose your voice when the people facing serious allegations happen to be white.
Justice cannot be a racial vending machine where outrage is dispensed selectively depending on the colour of the accused.
What is even more disturbing is watching some black South Africans cheer on this blatant double standard, apparently oblivious to the fact that the same system they defend today can—and has—been used against black people tomorrow.
Black lives remain cheap in South Africa when justice is selective.
And those who remain silent in the face of double standards should not be surprised when their credibility eventually becomes as worthless as the principles they claim to defend.
If you believe in justice, defend it consistently. If you believe in human rights, defend them universally. Otherwise, stop pretending that your outrage is about justice. It is about who you choose to protect.
#Justice4CatoManorVictims✊🏿
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🇧🇫 Burkina Faso's military government announced the dissolution of over 100 associations & civil society organizations
Now the government has effectively dismantled the organized structures that could challenge or monitor its actions
Traoré, interim President of Burkina Faso, argues that these organizations are tools of "Western hegemony" used to destabilize African nations
And what must happen if your crime is stealing an entire country,enslaving its people,raping its women & killing its children over a period of 350years?
If u REALLY think all those CRIMES can be erased by that “GNU” piece of paper designed by CR & signed by Mbalula..THINK AGAIN!