Anneline Kriel and Andile Mngxitama go toe-to-toe over farm murders
'If the ANC can deploy the army at the State of the Nation Address President Jacob Zuma can surely authorise protection for vulnerable farmers'
Former Miss World Anneline Kriel has suggested President Jacob Zuma face charges of crimes against humanity in the International Criminal Court for failing to protect farmers in South Africa. Black First Land First leader Andile Mngxitama responded, saying violence meted out against white farmers was simply retribution from "black slave" farm workers. Kriel's call‚ which includes the deployment of the military to protect vulnerable farmers‚ comes after a string of farm murders and the release of quarterly crime statistics‚ which revealed that there had been 116 more murders than the same period last year. Kriel was the default winner of the Miss World title in 1974 after the United Kingdom’s Helen Morgan resigned several days after being crowned. “If the President and the ANC are against these killings then they must act accordingly. If the ANC can deploy the army at the State of the Nation Address he can surely authorise protection for vulnerable farmers by support for local farm w...
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