BLF missed golden opportunity to apologise for Hoërskool Driehoek racism – Solidarity

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Mngxitama argued that black people could not be racist and that Solidarity's application against it in the Equality Court would not succeed.

Black First Land First leader Andile Mngxitama briefs media at BLF Head Office in Johannesburg, 11 November 2018, on why BLF calls for 5 Whites for every 1 Black life and an announcement of steps to be taken to ensure self defence. Picture: Nigel Sibanda

Solidarity filed a complaint with the Equality Court in February after BLF spokesperson, Lindsay Maasdorp, “celebrated” the death of the students, the union said via an e-mailed statement. Van der Bijl said BLF argued in its affidavit that “it would be reasonable for black persons not to have empathy with white people’s pain”.

 

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