JOHANNESBURG — A statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been defaced by a group of people who threw buckets of white paint on it amid racist taunts.
The incident occurred yesterday when the group came in a car at about noon and threw buckets of white paint on the statue and surrounding plaques detailing Gandhi’s history in South Africa, security guard Ntandzo Khwepe said.
They were bearing placards reading: “Racist Gandhi must fall.”
The statue in the center of the city is believed to be the only one in the world showing Gandhi as a young lawyer in his court robes.
The statue is on a public transport hub square which was renamed Gandhi Square because the offices in which he practiced law during his stay in the city is on the periphery of the square.
“They said we should not stop them because Gandhi was a racist man,” Khwepe said, adding that the group was wearing African National Congress (ANC) regalia.
Khwepe said one man was nabbed as the group tried to flee, but he remained nonchalant about it, claiming that his political bosses would soon get him free.
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Good.
They're waking up in South Africa
Truth destroys myths.
About time! Bring it down!
Good. Now let's move on to all those racist Indian owned stores in Black neighborhoods across the globe.
Ghandi was not racist, he had dark skin himself, he simply disliked the actions of the African people.
Mahatma Gandhi sacrificed his thriving law practice and adopted a simple life to live among the millions who lived in poverty during his freedom struggle. Today, we see modern leaders cajoling the masses with promises that they never intend to keep – let alone practicing what they preach in their own lives. One cannot bring world peace to all unless a leader demonstrates peaceful acts of kindness daily. Mahatma Gandhi believed that we are all children of God. We should not discriminate amongst ourselves based on faith, caste, creed or any other differences.
When you get a chance, you have to look up the things he's said about black people. Warning, it's not peaceful or nice.
Are S A discovering the whole truth? But what will or should happen to SA out there doing jobs in other countries?
Gandhi was a racist. He should not be honored.
I Love Dr King Jr. but someone should have told him
I Love Dr King Jr. but someone should have told him