Sodwana Bay Guest House owner Andre Slade insists that he is not racist‚ but claimed at the same time that “God’s word” said whites were superior to blacks.
Speaking at his lodge‚ where a 2000-strong crowd of ANC Youth League members and supporters had gathered on Wednesday‚ Slade said that God had created whites with a “crown” on their heads.
Pointing to a spot just above his partner Katerina Krizani’s forehead‚ he explained: “That is a crown. The hair does a twirl. You guys don’t have that. This is a crown that God gave us.”
Krizani said that the Old Testament talked about servants and racial hierarchy. “There is the quote where God says there is Nebuchadnezzar‚ who is my servant. He gave him the beasts of the field‚ which is another servant. He speaks of many different kinds. Don’t you have a boss in your work? We have hierarchy everywhere‚” she said.
Slade added: “Everybody has a boss. Our boss is God.”
He also invoked the name of Dutch seafarer Jan van Riebeeck to justify his views. “When Jan van Riebeeck arrived here as a white male‚ he met you. The difference was just huge. I mean‚ all of you moved down from North Africa‚ all the way through Africa to the south where we met. We came from Europe and there were cities everywhere‚ but not one in Africa‚” he said.
KwaZulu-Natal economic development MEC Sihle Zikalala had‚ earlier in the day‚ called for Slade to be evicted from the land occupied by the lodge because he allegedly got his lease under false pretenses and was operating the business without a license. Criminal charges against him‚ including for hate speech‚ have also been opened.
Slade‚ however‚ said that he was not worried about the call for him to leave. “If we have to leave‚ according to my Father‚ then we have to leave. If we have to stay‚ then we stay. There’s nobody who can move us now because we don’t belong to any system. We don’t adhere to any laws that are not God’s law. What the bible tells me I can do‚ I do — nothing‚ nothing else‚” he said.
God said whites are superior‚ says lodge owner
Speaking at his lodge‚ where a 2000-strong crowd of ANC Youth League members and supporters had gathered on Wednesday‚ Slade said that God had created whites with a “crown” on their heads.
Pointing to a spot just above his partner Katerina Krizani’s forehead‚ he explained: “That is a crown. The hair does a twirl. You guys don’t have that. This is a crown that God gave us.”
Krizani said that the Old Testament talked about servants and racial hierarchy. “There is the quote where God says there is Nebuchadnezzar‚ who is my servant. He gave him the beasts of the field‚ which is another servant. He speaks of many different kinds. Don’t you have a boss in your work? We have hierarchy everywhere‚” she said.
Slade added: “Everybody has a boss. Our boss is God.”
He also invoked the name of Dutch seafarer Jan van Riebeeck to justify his views. “When Jan van Riebeeck arrived here as a white male‚ he met you. The difference was just huge. I mean‚ all of you moved down from North Africa‚ all the way through Africa to the south where we met. We came from Europe and there were cities everywhere‚ but not one in Africa‚” he said.
KwaZulu-Natal economic development MEC Sihle Zikalala had‚ earlier in the day‚ called for Slade to be evicted from the land occupied by the lodge because he allegedly got his lease under false pretenses and was operating the business without a license. Criminal charges against him‚ including for hate speech‚ have also been opened.
Slade‚ however‚ said that he was not worried about the call for him to leave. “If we have to leave‚ according to my Father‚ then we have to leave. If we have to stay‚ then we stay. There’s nobody who can move us now because we don’t belong to any system. We don’t adhere to any laws that are not God’s law. What the bible tells me I can do‚ I do — nothing‚ nothing else‚” he said.
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