Ramaphosa hailed the Nakedi brothers for standing up to their attackers at the Maselspoort Resort saying their actions were courageous.
“It was such a shameful act to see old white men trying to throttle these young men and to drown them in a pool under water, the most shameful act to perpetrate against young boys like these and that is why they are my guests,” Ramaphosa said.
“I thank you boys, stay strong and not be afraid of white people they no longer have power, their project of apartheid is over.” Ramaphosa said there was no space for racists in South Africa and those who had not reformed must immediately vacate the country. “We commend you, and say what happened to you should not deter you. You must be strong as young men, the message I want to give to you is that the spirit of our forebears who fought against the apartheid system must fill you with courage as it does all of us,” he said.
“But we also want to send clear message to those in our country who still want to perpetuate racism, and we say today we do not want racists here in South Africa.”“We honour these young men, we thank them and we also thank their parents for having stood firm to make sure that they resist the racist acts and practices being perpetrated against them.”
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