Fracking Critics Are Apparently “White, Rented Crowds”

18 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone in Conservation, Environment

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The Karoo Shale Gas Community Forum said today that fracking critics are ignoring the needs of the Karoo’s poverty-stricken residents. Spokesperson Vuyisa Jantjies criticized those who oppose fracking by Shell, by saying: “If you have still the demonstrations that you have had, I will tell you that they’re purely white, rented crowds, that come and toyi-toyi in front of Parliament.”

He did, however, add that he was “not being racist.” According to him, he was merely speaking on behalf of the people in the Karoo whom they cannot even transport to come and toyi-toyi in front of “your parliament.”

The forum’s members attended a briefing by Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu in Cape Town.

[Source: EWN]

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