Clan wants independent state

[shadowfox]

And how much were they paid?

Glass beads and pretty mirrors

[GReeN_ORB]

Cape Town - Supporters of the abaThembu tribe's independence should ignore "distractions" such as government propaganda, spokesperson for the movement Votani Majola said on Monday.

"The state propaganda... is going to be up on-all-fours to distabilize us so that we must loose focus [sic]," he said in a message to supporters.

This propaganda had emerged in the bias of SABC news reporting on the matter in the past few days.

"We must simply ignore such attempts as the truth will always prevail at the end," Majola said.

"Our agenda should always be peace, peace and more peace during our campaign."

AbaThembu king Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo intends to deliver a declaration of independence to Parliament on January 6.

Wants R80bn from govt

The move, announced last week, follows an ultimatum that President Jacob Zuma publicly apologise to the abaThembu tribe for the "humiliation" of the king in court.

The Justice for King Dalindyebo Campaign, which Majola heads, had also demanded that criminal charges against the king be scrapped and that the government pay R80bn in compensation.

Dalindeybo was sentenced to 15 years in jail by an Mthatha judge earlier this month for offences including culpable homicide, kidnapping, arson and assault with intent to commit grievous bodily harm.

He is on bail pending appeal.

According to Majola, the state of Thembuland will include at least Kwazulu-Natal, the Eastern, Western and Northern Cape, and parts of the Free State and Gauteng.


- SAPA

Source: http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthA...a,_tribe_says_

Something tells me the government hasn't just "paid them off". R80bn my arse.

[Tsar]

I just heard from a friend. But this country will end up self destructing because of people like that. Just make him "Vanish"

[shadowfox]

I'm still trying to figure out how they think they're just going to be handed 60% of the country without a quibble. Honestly - does this lot have a single functioning braincell between them?

So - apparently, they are humiliated because a judge - lower in stature than their king - but follow my line of thought here - who was placed there by a government THEY voted for as an authority, and therefore higher in stature than their so-called king, who, I might add, I've never heard of - humiliated him.

Right.

Seriously, kings don't mean all that much in this day and age - feudalism is long dead, and he probably doesn't own enough land to farm on. If I walked past him in the street and he gave me a funny look I'd be just as likely to kick him in the gonads as any other sod who walks around giving people funny looks.

So ... that vanishing bit. Should I look for some Italian friends who might be willing to donate a pair of cement shoes? Since we're trapped in some delusional time-warp and all.