LETTER: Black lives in Africa matter too
Left-leaning US liberals need to wake up to atrocities being committed on this continent
While millions of people, not only in the US but much further afield, know of George Floyd, barely a handful know the name Collins Khoza. Floyd and Khoza were brutally murdered within a few weeks of each other, both by police action. The startling difference between the two murders was that Floyd was killed by a white policeman and Khoza murdered by black soldiers under the command of black policemen.
Soldiers and policemen attacked Khoza in his own yard during the lockdown after he was accused of drinking alcohol. According to witnesses, the soldiers and police slammed his head against a concrete wall and hit him with the butt of a rifle until he was vomiting and unable to walk. He died a few hours later...
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