You should realise that the black comprador elite will always find it expedient to inflate to the level of unspeakable atrocity trivialities like Reitz – which in any case reflects petty classism and idiot boorishness on the part of those little thugs as much as racism.

The perhaps unconscious strategy of the black bourgeoisie is to divert attention from the structural racism in which they, as much as Porsche-driving members of the judiciary, are complicit. By structural racism, I mean the decimation of an entire generation by HIV/AID; the grinding poverty that has significantly increased since 1994; that thousands of impoverished black defendants are railroaded to jail every year for lack of proper legal aid. The list goes on.

In none of these tragedies are whites the victims. Liberal-minded whites have their own cynical reasons for blowing out of all proportion what happened in Bloem. They expiate their own guilt. By sycophantically cringing before and parroting the cynical fury of the young black elite, they establish their own credentials as righteous whites. And they conveniently shift responsibility for a long history of oppression, perpetrated by their own massive privilege, despite the death of apartheid, onto the shoulders of a few Afrikaans kids in Bloemfontein.

Until black students start boycotting classes, tipping rubbish bins, and burning buildings to protest these catastrophic legacies of apartheid, their professed fury at what happened at Reitz does not deserve to be taken seriously, not even for a second.

Of course, people like Khethla will say that dismissing Reitz as “trivial” is itself a manifestation of racism. Do not be intimidated by such bluster. For yes, given the immense tragedy of South Africa, what happened at Reitz hostel IS indeed trivial. And they are themselves (self-hating), racists for averting their eyes from the real crisis. Let them deny that the unnecessary death of a single child from HIV-AIDS is an atrocity worse than ten thousand Reitz’s.

We must be careful of these racists questioning transformation for their racist ends. This De vos person instead of talking about the merits of the case challenges Judge Hlophe’s credentials. There are many racist Judges but this De vos person will not talk about them for obvious reasons.

This is perplexing.

Beware my friend. Beware of these racists.

Therefore, the type of person a judge is becomes absolutely essential. The fact the Hlope has a wine farm and an expensive porche is important because it shows where he COMES from. It shows where his allegiances lie as a judge. It shows that he cannot understand what it is actually like to live in Joe Slovo as compared to Delft. Therefore, he has no right to make pronouncements that the conditions in Delft are better than Joe Slovo because he is not in a socioeconomic position to understand this.

Does anyone think that if we were lucky enough to have a judge who actually lives in one of Cape Town’s hundreds of shack settlements, the judgement would have gone in favor of the government? Law is partial. And recognising this is the first important step in understanding why law almost always goes in favor of the wealthy.

Its time to let the poor speak for themselves. Its time to allow the poor to be able to decide on their own future. They are not stupid. They know what is good for them and they know that if they move to Delft, they will pay 3 times as much for transport and that they will loose their jobs.

One implicit assumption implicit in the racial “transformation” of the judiciary is that a judge who belongs to a group that suffered exclusion and repression is more likely to adjudicate in a manner sensitive to that group’s plight. If Pierre wishes to argue that this assumption has been proven wrong in the case of a particular judge, how can he avoid “personalizing” his criticism?

Very clear :

Hlophe got bail out in the recent Cape Bar / Cape Bench Saga by key political/ legal figures and it was pay back time – to make the government happy. he who pays you, one way or another, directs you.

The bigger lesson to be learnt is from senior black counsel, when he acted prominetly against government, there were few instructions forth coming from government. That was the punishment. We are human beings, we do love people to make us happy especially when we make them happy.

I respect Hlophe so I do to Pro De Voss but the people of like are protected by law and the is or must be in favour of them.

But the law is not a machine, its control and manipulated by individuals.

Langa people – you solution, vote with your feet.

mzekezeke