Journalist and violence researcher, Nechama Brodie considers the struggle song 'Kill the Boer', and its use following the death of SACP leader Chris Hani in her latest book 'Farm Killings in South Africa'.
considers the struggle song 'Kill the Boer', and its use following the death of SACP leader Chris Hani in her latest book 'Farm Killings in South Africa'. She concludes that while the chanting of the song might correlate with increased levels of violence, the song itself was not the cause.
Here is an extract from her book examining an Afriforum report which only briefly mentions tensions at Hani's funeral, but doesn't delve into how the country was almost brought to the brink of a civil war following his death.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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