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S.Africa’s Ramaphosa warns against using farm murders to stoke racial hatred

S.Africa’s Ramaphosa warns against using farm murders to stoke racial hatred

PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans not to use murders of white farmers to inflame racial tensions by falsely equating them with ethnic cleansing, a week after a farm killing stoked violent protests. The killing of Brendin Horner, a white farm manager, in Free State province at the start of this month, triggered riots in the town of Senekal. White demonstrators stormed a police station where two Black suspects were being held. Some fired shots and set fire to a police car. "What happened in Senekal shows just how easily the tinderbox of race hatred can be ignited," Ramaphosa…
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