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The Economic Freedom Fighters party in South Africa is outrage at a video showing how a black South African was forced into a coffin by two white men.
The 20 seconds video which went viral on social media shows the white men forcing the black man into the coffin while threatening to burn him should he resist.
The African revolutionary socialist political party led by Julius Malema in a statement said “This humiliation can be based on nothing else but his blackness, which means it is in actual fact a humiliation of black people as a whole.”
The incident was filmed at JM De Beer Boerdery next to Komati Power Station, close to Middelburg in Mpumalanga.
The two men in question are due to appear in court on Wednesday November 16 as they face charges of assault with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Press Alert: EFF Leadership Will Attend the Court Case of White Men who Assaulted a Black Man & Put Him in a Coffin https://t.co/8xPEUWngYx
— EFF Official Account (@EFFSouthAfrica) November 14, 2016
The EFF further stated in its statement that “The leadership of the EFF will be attending the court proceedings. We believe that is one of the important cases that still proves the place of black people in this society.”
“There is no way that, that black man would’ve been treated like that except because of the colour of his skin.” The statement added.
Watch the video here.
Source: Africafeeds.com
