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Thandiswa Mazwai says “apartheid [spatial] planning means that community is defined along racial lines”.
The award-winning musician took to Twitter to share her views on the recent unrest in South Africa.
More than 300 people were killed in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. Over 3,000 people were also arrested following days of looting and rioting.
Government deployed the SANDF to parts of the two provinces. The soldiers have also been helping the SAPS recover stolen goods, including looted groceries.
“… the irony of a government looting billions of rands without a trace but being able to deploy forces to go get back a bag of iwisa from a mkhukhu! I can’t stand this place!” Thandiswa tweeted.
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Also, the irony of a government looting billions of rands without a trace👀 but being able to deploy forces to go get back a bag of iwisa from a mkhukhu! I can’t stand this place!
— Thandiswa Mazwai (@thandiswamazwai) July 29, 2021
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The ‘Transkei Moon’ singer also addressed the racial tensions between black and Indian people in Durban’s Phoenix area during the unrest.
“Apartheid spatial planning means that community is defined along racial lines. So often when people speak of their community they mean their kind, their race & so protecting your community is protecting your race. Phoenix massacre was a reminder of what’s festering,” Thandiswa tweeted.
She added the country is sitting on a ticking time bomb.
“This will always be a threat in a racially charged society that hates blk people. There is a ticking time bomb, a Molotov cocktail of race, inequality & poverty issues, dangerously mixed with megalomania.”
This will always be a threat ina racially charged society that hates blk people.There is a ticking time bomb,a Molotov cocktail of race, inequality&poverty issues, dangerously mixed with megalomania.
— Thandiswa Mazwai (@thandiswamazwai) July 29, 2021
Three men in court for Phoenix murders
According to KZN officials, 40 bodies were found in Phoenix and surrounding areas following the unrest.
Three men appeared in the Verulam Magistrate’s Court this week.
They are facing murder and attempted murder charges.
Seven other suspects have been charged with malicious damage to property and the unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition.
One community member told TshisaLIVE: “We are not racist in Phoenix, we live together with black people, our children go to school together. These were isolated incidents and we cannot say everyone is the same.”
Main image credit: Facebook/Thandiswa Mazwai



