On the eve of murder victim Terre'Blanche's funeral tempers fly high in the country. While the ruling ANC tries to muzzle the stray Youth League president Malema, white parties try to discourage the AWB from acts of revenge against blacks.
Judging from the appearance of AWB secretary general Andre Visagie in a TV news programme to be aired on Sunday, in which he lashed out against a black commentator and threw threats at her, the TV station and other staff, before storming out of the studio, rocky times lie ahead for the nation.
"And you, Sir, smell really bad! You have been in Mr Terre'Blanche's camp for too long, SIR!"
"Don't touch me on my studio!"
I am not condoning the man's behavior one bit. He should have left the studio quietly when the woman commentor, in breach of journalistic integrity, started ranting on political activism and misusing a debate forum to vent her personal views and issues. Bad journalism, lousy behavior from Mr Visagie. On top of that confrontation you have a hysterical black TV station manager who grabs Mr Visagie and keeps yelling "Don't touch me on my studio!!" Eight times in a row, as if the "studio" is a synonym for an extended body part of the manager.
Too bad, a chance of debate come and gone at a time when dialogue would be so crucial!
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