I wouldn't expect any white guy to understand what it was like to be the victims of apartheid, afterall you guys were never in the line of fire hence you deliberately playing ignorant. I don't have a problems with giving these students a second chance, but they also can't get away with murder in the name of "reconciliation" One reader even argues that these victims were never made to eat urine, and it's very sad when you have such people in our society. It's unfortunate when people justify any wrong doing, as one reader suggests that his friend's son had his throat cut by black students. We have yet to hear about black farmers killing or torturing white farm labourers, but it would also mean that one suffers from intellectual defficiency if we were to judge white people on what the minority of lunatics do to other fellow human beings. I think let's wait for the law to take it's cause, I personally believe that these boys must be held accountable for their actions and people must stop being naive and arrogant.

All this hype about white racism. A colleague of mine found out her white teenage son had his throat slit by blacks this morning. What the Reitz 4 did is nothing in comparison. What is Blade Nzimande going to do about that? Nothing. Why? He is white.

How many people was murdered by the Reitz4 again ?; it keeps slipping my mind.So this is the donkey cart for the next 15 years. Get a life!

Prof Jansen's decision to withdraw charges against the Free State Gang of Four, was insensitive, callous and devoid of any rationality to say the least.Worst still, to add salt to injury, The Professor's promise to pay reparations to the beleaguered families is tantamount to asking the wounded to pay for protesting against being kicked by the Baas' son in the ass. Yes, where are the reparations payout going to come from? From the Tax payer!! Little wonder Blade is so much fuming! It seems the Prof is expecting the aggrieved to express gratitute for being honoured by being kicked and humiliated by such a "highly placed" and respected son of the Baas! Let him fall on your blade Nzimande!

Don;t any of you people read before posting drivel? FACT no one was made to drink urine laced food, there was NO URIINE INVOLVED. FACT attempts to apologise have been thwarted by the workers' Union Officials who REFUSE ACCESS TO THEM despite numerous requests. FACT, the only ones trying to gain political mileage out of this is teh ANC and COSATU.

Children are being raped and murdered; defenceless old people are being attacked and murdered and all the ANC is doing is playing the race card to perpetuity to draw attention away from their incompetence.

I believe that the decision taken was correct but the manner in which it was done was not. These guys should have formally apologised first and then they can be forgiven. As a nation who wants to move forward, let us just demand an apology and move ahead.

Bana ba rantsho... Tshwarelo hle!!!

PLEASE!!!! Let this matter go for petes sake! This perpetual reminding us on news reports what these guys have allegedly done is making me sick! This story is perpetually highlighted and it must stop NOW! The ANC are corrupt to the core and when do they get this kind of publicity! I want to see the end result of the R100,000,000.00 They have just stolen from the emerging farmers fund! Now that is news!!!!

It's all good and well to talk reconcilliation, but if ure mom had eaten food that's been urinated on, would u want these kids punished or would u all be preaching reconcilliation? These kids showed no remorse until they realised that their futures we in trouble and were prompted to do so, they don't get that they infringed on the human rights of these women which is crminal, so if u guys want reconcilliation then extend the same attitude to all criminals ure hijackers, murderers etc These kids committed a crime and must be punished for it then we can start working on the rehab and reconcilliation.

I wonder where is Helen and the DA. They never mentioned anything. What would they say if the accused where black?