South Africa: Bakkie Driver 'Must Exorcise Fear of Black People' - ANC Western Cape

The Western Cape ANC has described an incident in which a woman was transported in a cage on the back of a bakkie in Cradock as offensive.

"The fact that [farmer Johan] Erasmus says Linda [Stenekamp] got into the cage of her free will, voluntarily, does not only exacerbate the offence but reflects this essential need to understanding the nature of racism in order to recognise and counter it," deputy provincial secretary Thandi Makasi said on Thursday.

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