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Human rights violation in Colita – justice system has failed

Those who took the law into their own hands will go down because in this case, they are the criminals

Never in history was there anything like this in Colita. A man was tied with ropes and tied to a pole, then was whipped until they tore his back, seriously.

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Police and some of the community members led this boy with a rope tied around his neck and hands. They dragged the boy around the township. This is not only a human rights violation but also attempted murder.

I will report this to the Human Rights office, and as a Commissioner for cultural communities, I will take this to the last level. A case will be opened and followed up, the minister will be briefed.

I warned everyone around Estcourt that we don’t do such things, not in Colita but without consulting with any leaders in Colita, they went on and tried to kill a boy – what about the trauma that was caused to the toddlers in Colita?

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What about the old people who saw a naked boy being torched? His back is torn; others poked him with table forks. This is satanic, barbaric and a cult. Where was the police?

We pay tax and believe we should have some form of protection. The real Colita residents are very angry and don’t go along with this barbaric practice. The names of these people and witnesses will be handed over to police.

A check was done and the boy was clean, as I said there are a lot of thieves. Now, those who took the law into their own hands will go down because in this case, they are the criminals.

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People say their items were stolen, why did they not open cases, most likely these were stolen items and that is why you stay away from the police.

So you just took the law into your own hands, your egos have led you to cause hatred in the community. We built Colita from nothing and you came here yesterday and you are creating this carnage.

People will face the law. Those of you on chat groups, just know that whatever you say always comes back to bite you. What goes around comes around, karma will get you.

If you had enough of staying in Colita, please just leave before the milk gets sour.
Prince Raymond Trollip

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