/ 9 April 1998

Worst of the Week

The racist reporter

Why should we be educating an illegal immigrant and providing him with a job, you racist idiots (“Man dies after four days in waiting room”, April 3 to 8). He belonged to another country, illegally entered ours, turned to crime and got what he deserved when he was shot by the police.

How did he become a product of the old regime after only arriving here six years ago, you idiots? Although the story is sad and needs investigating, don’t make this illegal immigrant-criminal out to be a product of the “old” regime.

“[Petrus] Ndlovu was no saint. Typical of Southern Africa’s lost generation – the old regime offered him no real education and the new regime appeared to offer him no real opportunities – he ran away from his home in Zimbabwe about six years ago and turned to crime, until he was stopped by a police bullet in the spine.”

Talk about objective reporting! – Grant Robinson (alias)