#OscarPistorius: Black man steals R100 ($6)➡️10 yrs jail vs White man kills woman ➡️6yrs

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Tell me how race irrelevant Black man steals R100 ($6)10 yrs jail White man kills woman 6yrs

A 21-year-old Mdantsane man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for robbing his neighbour of R100 last year, Eastern Cape police said on Monday.

Lieutenant Nkosikho Mzuku said Yamkela Tshoyi was sentenced on Friday by the Mdantsane Magistrate's Court.

In May 2012, Tshoyi's neighbour was on his way to a spaza shop when he robbed and threatened him with a knife.

"Yamkela [Tshoyi] managed to get the money and ran away with it," he said.


Mzuku said it was not easy to convince the magistrate, but in the end Tshoyi was found guilty.

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To a certain extent there is relief that this is the last chapter, that they won’t be coming back.

However, campaigners for women’s rights in South Africa expressed disappointment with the sentence. Jacqui Mofokeng of the African National Congress women’s league, who has attended much of the trial and was in court today, said:

The judgment is an insult to women. It sends the wrong message.

Tell me how race irrelevant

Black man steals R100 ($6)➡️10 yrs jail

White man kills woman ➡️6yrs #OscarPistorius pic.twitter.com/d5fXbkB3G2

— Kon Karapanagiotidis (@Kon__K) July 6, 2016