Comments on: Why would the Canadians want Huntley?

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:09:07 +0000

Huntley’s not sufficiently “intellectually challenged” (i.e. stupid) to be rejected by first-world Canada. So, perhaps he doesn’t have a Ph.D in advertising, or a rocket-science trade ticket, but he nevertheless got into Canada above-board and legally and YOU — Mr and Ms Snipy Critic — are envious to the point of wanting to kick a hole in the wall.

By: Sally

Sally — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:55:04 +0000

Sarah, we all know your alter-ego is Sarffefrikan..choose a new nom de plume when you wish to comment on your own comments !!

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By: Sarfeffrikin

Sarfeffrikin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:54:15 +0000

Huntley IS a twerp.

Nthabi, it gives me hope for SA when I read yours. The citizens of this country need to start engaging with one another intelligently. I for one think the JZ era will offer a better political environment for reconciliation. He has already ACKNOWLEDGED problems and embraced cultural diversity by extending an olive branch to minority groups. Notwithstanding his questionable past, he IS in my mind a brilliant and brave politician who isn’t afraid to engage with people who have different, sometimes narrow and racist views. He appears to be willing to understand. Perhaps SA can one day become a mosaic nation like Canada.

For the record, I concur with your summary “Glad To Be Out”. I am also very glad to have an Australian PR visa in my passport. To say it took much effort and years to get it would be an understatement. People who haven’t considered emigration have no clue of the stresses involved and the strain living in Limbo puts on relationships. My decision to leave was one I was most comfortable with and it’s not for everyone.

It’s not solely a race issue either – as Bravo points out, black Africans emigrate to First World countries; a lifestyle choice. This is an emotive issue, I don’t necessarily want to leave the comfort and familiarity of my home country and I do not want to look back in anger forever. Anger is an ugly thing that pushes people away.

By: In canada

In canada — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:32:00 +0000

continued…
is post-racial after having elected Barack Obama. It is therefore disingenous to constantly throw the blame at the feet of white racists. You make mention of employment statistics, as if that somehow confirms your argument that whites have not transformed. Need I remind you that in excess of 1 million skilled white South Africans have already emigrated. Your doctor is probably a South African. Can you imagine what the white unemployment rate would be if you included the 1 million? Do you know that 1 in 3 white South Africans of Dutch descent (Boers) lives in poverty, with zero state assistance and excluded from the job market as a result of race based legislation. Additionally, if blacks have failed to acquire skills over the last 15 years, how can it be the fault of the whites? The ANC has been running the show. As to the 1 million emigrants; why do you think they all left? They couldn’t all be white supremacists now could they, given that they voted to transfer power peacefully. What pinhead white supremacist would do that? Are you aware that South Africa does not even know how to calculate its unemployment correctly? Nobody can agree on the rate, which is probably closer to 45%. Finally, are you aware that most white South African males are self-employed, having been shunned from the corporate sector. So even if the white employement rate is low, it has nothing to do with past privilege or jobs being

By: In canada

In canada — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:28:48 +0000

shoddy piece of journalism indeed. Your main thesis is that Huntley is not entitled to refugee status because he is fleeing crime, not race prejudice, and that crime is disproportionately experienced by blacks. You are wrong. Crime in South Africa is race based. Most perpetrators are black, this is a simple math exercise and can be attested to by eye witness reports. If a perpetrator selects a victim based on race, then this amounts to race persecution. Whether whites are persecuted because of hate or wealth is irrelevant; in both instances the black perpetrator would have to racially profile, which makes it non-random. Don’t confuse this with saying all blacks are criminals; they are not and they suffer the effects of crime too. The issue is proportionality; who’s doing what to whom. Moreover, if you do the math, using murder statistics from the Medical Research Council, you will note that all minority race groups in South Africa (whites, coloureds and Indians) are disproportionately victims, relative to blacks. If you want to use the argument that most murders are retaliatory attacks for Aparheid, I will tell you that the group most persecuted are Indians, who have a murder rate approximately 30% higher than would be anticipated, next is whites. Then to the task of white racism; need I remind you that 70% of whites voted in favour of transferring power to a black government, so this is supposed to be a post-racial society; much like the USA is

By: Nola

Nola — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:13:20 +0000

Nice one Sarah !

I completely agree with many of you that SA’s crime rate is very high…but This new Government is trying their best to combat crime… and i say, LETS GIVE THEM A CHANCE”. This Brandon Guy is ruining the image of our country by going public, and telling international media abt SA crime…he should have left our country in piece not like this….

As an South African who happens to be black, I say to those who are playing the race card in every problem they face or rather in this Brandon’s debate: Stop it!

The very people who do all the hand-wringing about racism are the first to use it to divide us, and we are tired of it.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:30:46 +0000

Come on! All this silly sturm und drang about ONE refugee’s escape is only because the regime is deeply embarrassed that his story of repeated vicious racial assault is being believed and acted upon by a decent first-world country. And all the whiners and howlers who are character-assassinating the guy are doing it to hide their own shame at living in a dysfunctional, race-obsessed country rather than in a more decent country.

By: Phillipa Lipinski

Phillipa Lipinski — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:07:20 +0000

To all the little twits attacking Sarah; Get a life! and check your facts.
Brandon Huntley was intellectually challenged at school so he did very badly and could not advance his studies (because of learning difficulties). He has NO skills, no education and yes, he married a Canadian because he wanted Canadian citizenship. He was a lazy bum in that marriage and his wife had to work two jobs to support both of them 9and her children) and then it turned out he was unwilling to work even a menial job. The reason used the race cad to get refugee status is that he hoped to get a state grant, a house and other resources that are given to refugees (unlike immigrants who are expected to work in order to make a living).
Most importantly, Huntley LIED about being attacked. No police station or (if you want to avoid the police) hospital or doctor is known to have dealt with him after he was supposedly attacked. He LIED about being attacked in Cape Town. I have often visited friends in Canada and I know that Canadians are very civil people but they are also racist (even though they, for purposes of political expediencey, do provide blacks with refugee status too). But why are we wasting our time talking about this talentless, lazy and egg-head of a clown, a nobody really! Lets’ talk about SAns who are here dealing with the unfortunate and traumatising crime situation.

Thanks.
Phillipa

By: Musa

Musa — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:07:22 +0000

A white person is safest in Soweto and no one is safe driving in the dark in the northern surburbs.

Crime has no race but if you push the point you will see that black women have suffered the most, for decades.