Dr David Himbara : Kagame Told by South Africa That ”Murder On Our Home Soil Can Never Be A Solution”
”SA has dim view of Rwandan hit squads” — says Thami Ka Plaatjie from South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco). Thami Ka Plaatjie expressed these views in The Star of March 25, 2019. His message to Kagame and his government are summed up in the following paragraphs:
“South Africa upholds a culture of human rights and allows for political dissent. We took strong exception to the assassination of a foreign national, which was reminiscent of the apartheid killing squads…
Murder on our home soil can never be a solution to negotiations…Rwanda’s painful past must invite a more sober manner of dealing with dissent rather than death squads.
South Africa will stand its ground when it comes to defending these [human rights] values, especially when such murders take place on South African soil. We will not be browbeaten in our quest for a continent where people enjoy freedom of expression and freedom of dissent.
Over to you, General Paul Kagame.
Unless it’s mine workers or people protesting for drinking water