A GROUP of South Africans protested Wednesday outside parliament in Cape Town in solidarity with US protestors condemning racial injustice following last week’s police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Demonstrators carried signs with slogans such as “Stop police brutality,” “Black lives matter,” “White silence = Violence,” and “Justice for George Floyd and Collins Khosa,” the last referring to a resident of Alexandra township north of Johannesburg who recently died after being allegedly assaulted by soldiers.
‘‘We are here today to show our support to African-Americans who are being killed by white extremists in the US,” protest organizer Mzimasi Sibeko was quoted as saying by South African publication The Times.
Sibeko added that there were also protesting to show solidarity with the families of South Africans who have allegedly been killed by authorities during the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, including Khosa.
A female protestor who did not give her name said
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