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White SA Man Shoots Black Woman After "Mistaking" Her For A Hippopotamus by ogbiwa(op): 6:52am On May 07, 2022

A man has appeared in court after shooting at a couple, wounding one of them, and claiming that he thought he was “shooting at a hippo”.

Paul Hendrik van Zyl, a white South African farmer from northern Limpopo province, faces attempted murder charges.

Ramokone Linah was fishing with her partner in a river adjoining van Zyl’s farm in Lephalale town, when they suddenly came under fire.

Ms Linah, 38, sustained gun shot wounds on her arm, while her partner “managed to hide” before informing police and emergency services, a police report said.

When police arrived at the scene, van Zyl claimed that he thought the couple were “hippos and monkeys”.

“The arrested suspect alleged that he was shooting at the animals ” police spokesperson, Mamphaswa Seabi, said in a statement.

During van Zyl’s arrest, police seized two rifles, one revolver, one pistol, and two airguns.

Ms Linah was a part of a group of local men and women at the river near Mamojela Park when the incident occurred, according to a local media report.

Following his court appearance, van Zyl was freed on 1,,000 rand (about £51) bail and the case was adjourned until May 18 to allow further investigation to take place

Even today, almost 30 years after the end of Apartheid, deep racial divisions persist in South Africa. A group of supporters from the anti racist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) staged a protest outside the court about van Zyl been freed on bail.

In nearby Letsitele a farmer shot and wounded a farm worker with a pellet gun in 2017, after allegedly mistaking him for a monkey.

Gun ownership is commonplace in South Africa, and accidental killings are a regular occurrence.

Deliberate shootings are common too. According to South African police statistics, more than 7,000 murders with guns were reported in the period from 2019 to 2020.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/black-woman-shot-white-south-26882484

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Re: White SA Man Shoots Black Woman After "Mistaking" Her For A Hippopotamus by FERNANDEZISBACK: 6:54am On May 07, 2022

Huh?
Not racism..

?
I hope sa has a good justice system...let him spend some lil years in jail..

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Re: White SA Man Shoots Black Woman After "Mistaking" Her For A Hippopotamus by galaxy2020(m): 6:57am On May 07, 2022

Another Oscar pistorous

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Re: White SA Man Shoots Black Woman After "Mistaking" Her For A Hippopotamus by Speaklove: 7:17am On May 07, 2022

It's amazing how a human would be liken to an animal .

Only God knows the truth of the matter .
The police will eventually come up with their own findings .
Let's hope this is not a racist attack on the blacks .

I can't figure out why the color of one man's skin should be another mans problem .

If you are in a kind of life threatening trouble and a man whose color differs from your's shows up to help you I don't think you will ever decline simply because they ain't the same with you in some color thing .

It's time for every body to speak up against this menace or else
You wouldn't tell who's gonna be the next victim and what's going to happen to them .

Not judging the man at all .
Only God can tell what's the truth

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Re: White SA Man Shoots Black Woman After "Mistaking" Her For A Hippopotamus by VictorUSA(m): 7:25am On May 07, 2022

Good for her.Who ask her to resemble an animal?

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Re: White SA Man Shoots Black Woman After "Mistaking" Her For A Hippopotamus by Nobody: 7:30am On May 07, 2022*

Arrrrrrrh
This the height of racism. You mean he saw a walking Hippopotamus? People are crazy ! embarassed

:-

Like this head.

VictorUSA:
Good for her.Who ask her to resemble an animal?

Fish Brain. You will just open mouth waaa without any sense of reasoning.

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Re: White SA Man Shoots Black Woman After "Mistaking" Her For A Hippopotamus by oz4real83(m): 7:37am On May 07, 2022

VictorUSA:
Good for her.Who ask her to resemble an animal?

I just approved your request for common sense, start using it now undecided

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Re: White SA Man Shoots Black Woman After "Mistaking" Her For A Hippopotamus by illicit(m): 7:45am On May 07, 2022

Was she that fat and ugly huh

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Re: White SA Man Shoots Black Woman After "Mistaking" Her For A Hippopotamus by Starzo: 7:58am On May 07, 2022

This one sweet me
black SANs just dey vex me, especially their men.

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Re: White SA Man Shoots Black Woman After "Mistaking" Her For A Hippopotamus by Nobody: 8:57am On May 07, 2022

illicit:
Was she that fat and ugly

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Re: White SA Man Shoots Black Woman After "Mistaking" Her For A Hippopotamus by Geniuelander: 9:01am On May 07, 2022

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Re: White SA Man Shoots Black Woman After "Mistaking" Her For A Hippopotamus by tonididdy(m): 10:37am On May 07, 2022*

oz4real83:
I just approved your request for common sense, start using it now

you dey mind that ukraine bio-lab product

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Re: White SA Man Shoots Black Woman After "Mistaking" Her For A Hippopotamus by Svlla: 2:07pm On May 07, 2022

Gawd, this is so funny grin

Racism?

Or a mistaken identity grin

maybe the black woman is from a tribe of shape-shifters and must have transformed into a hippo

Imagine! A whole hippo grin

Definitely Racism

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Re: White SA Man Shoots Black Woman After "Mistaking" Her For A Hippopotamus by Nobody: 4:25pm On May 07, 2022

Svlla:
Gawd, this is so funny

Racism?

Or a mistaken identity maybe the black woman is from a tribe of shape-shifters and must have transformed into a hippo

Imagine! A whole hippo

Definitely Racism

illicit:
Was she that fat and ugly

Speaklove:
It's amazing how a human would be liken to an animal .

Only God knows the truth of the matter .
The police will eventually come up with their own findings .
Let's hope this is not a racist attack on the blacks .

I can't figure out why the color of one man's skin should be another mans problem .

If you are in a kind of life threatening trouble and a man whose color differs from your's shows up to help you I don't think you will ever decline simply because they ain't the same with you in some color thing .

It's time for every body to speak up against this menace or else
You wouldn't tell who's gonna be the next victim and what's going to happen to them .

Not judging the man at all .
Only God can tell what's the truth

It's definitely racism,hippotamuses do not sit on boat and fish.

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Re: White SA Man Shoots Black Woman After "Mistaking" Her For A Hippopotamus by FoolaniHellman: 1:09pm On May 08, 2022

Shoot him too!

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Re: White SA Man Shoots Black Woman After "Mistaking" Her For A Hippopotamus by MANNABBQGRILLS: 1:09pm On May 08, 2022*

What in the world huh

Even today, almost 30 years after the end of Apartheid, deep racial divisions persist in South Africa.

Sleekfingers:
Racism is everywhere in the world. We blacks see) call the Caucasians as pigs. They call us monkeys..... The arabs see blacks as subhuman ......

During my stay in England. My friends and I were coming from a nightclub, strolling to our house . Some white guys were walking behind us, they start calling us , all sorta names. Monkeys, saying go back to africa . We beat the living daylight outta them....I mean serious beating, before the police arrived.....we were four in number, they were seven in number....

Hehehehe

No be small beatings be dat o.
Thank God say dem no carry gun sha.

So wetin d police come do after everything?
We too like gist sef cheesy

Sleekfingers:
they asked what happened, which one my friend explained. But those guys denied calling us names. The police told us leave , and told them guys to follow the opposite direction. ....and police was driving behind them. The third day , I saw one of the guys at the park. But didn't recognize me.....

Oh, that is a good ending to it.
Racism is a very terrible Vice in the world.
We pray if goes away completely.... we wish!

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