{"id":366733,"date":"2017-10-30T14:21:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T14:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=366733"},"modified":"2017-10-30T14:21:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T14:21:35","slug":"south-africans-holds-blackmonday-protests-over-farm-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=366733","title":{"rendered":"South Africans holds #BlackMonday protests over farm murders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Demonstrators are blocking motorways in the South African cities of Cape Town and Johannesburg in protest at the murder of white farmers.<\/p>\n

People have been posting their pictures on Instagram:<\/p>\n

The BBC’s Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg says the protests are already causing racial divisions after some demonstrators were seen carrying the old apartheid flag.<\/p>\n

It comes three days after\u00a0two white farmers were sentenced to more than 10 years in prison each for forcing a black man into a coffin. They intend to appeal against the sentence.<\/p>\n

Those behind the protests have urged people to wear black:<\/p>\n

While most photos appear to show only white protestors, some show a racial mix:<\/p>\n

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Why now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The protest was organised to show outrage at the killings of farmers, especially after the death of a white farmer in Klapmuts near Stellenbosch.<\/p>\n

Last Tuesday, Joubert Conradie, 47, was shot on his farm and died later at the Stellenbosch Mediclinic.<\/p>\n

What are the stats?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The idea that white farmers are being targeted has been going around for some time. The fact-checking site\u00a0Africa Check found back in 2013\u00a0that white people in South Africa are less likely to be murdered than any other racial group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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