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ATTENTIVE: Rudolph Viviers and Zane van Tonder listen to their fate at the bail hearing in the Krugersdorp Magistrate's Court yesterday. PHOTO MOHAU MOFOKENG

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Viviers and Zane van Tonder were accused of the murder of a Muslim man.

Viviers is charged with murder and assault with intention to do grievous bodily harm.

His co-accused, Van Tonder, 33, who was granted R2000 bail, was charged with the lesser crime of assault.

It is alleged that the two accused were at a fast food outlet in Magaliesburg when they encountered two Muslim men - Asner Mahmood and Mohammed Faiyaz Kazi.

Viviers and Van Tonder allegedly made racial and derogatory remarks to the men about the length of their beards and called them Osama bin Laden.

It is then said an altercation ensued outside the restaurant.

Magistrate Reginald Dama read a report alleging that Van Tonder slapped Mahmood with an open hand across the face.

Viviers is said to have allegedly "punched the deceased in the face and stomach until he fell down and then kicked him in the stomach and trampled on his head several times until the assault was stopped by passers-by," Dama read.

The assault happened on August 6 and Kazi died in hospital the following day.

Viviers, who was holding a small red Bible throughout the proceedings, had applied for R5000 bail.

Dama said the testimony of Muslim community member Iqbal Jassat was eye-opening to the court.

The family of the deceased held a press briefing outside the court.

Mohmed Nuaman Kazi, the deceased's brother, said that he was happy that Viviers was denied bail.

"I know that the judge not granting him bail will not bring my brother back, I know that. These have been the worst two weeks of my life and I want them to feel the pain I'm feeling," he said in tears.

Zahid Asmal, the Kazi family spokesman, said they were confident that justice would be served. He added that he felt sorry for the family of the accused as it affected them too.

Kazi's father-in-law, Hasimbhay Motara said his daughter was doing fine despite the circumstances and said she was at home awaiting word of the bail application. The trail is set to begin on November 29. - nkosin@sowetan.co.za

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Fri May 24 05:07:45 SAST 2013 ::

Aug 23, 2012

Tobby

Shame Rudolph and Zane I really feel pity, yes Kazi was a young man, I also feel pity for him to die sudden, brutal death BUT??? HOW MAN PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY MOSLIMS???? MILLIONS. So why must they act as if murder is something shocking while they can do it. Islamic is the MOST horrible religeon in this world they are evil, murderers, witches, jealous, greedy and the most poligamists who even sleep with their daughters and bear children with them. They do all these in the name of so called Alla or holyness and force people to accept their religion. Any black person who joins them end up being a scrap or useless because of the dirty, evil spirits they use to them. My tenant is one of them, i was not aware, they must leave my house in peace cause i hate them and cannot stay one yard with them.
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Aug 23, 2012

Sultry

Ouch Tobby! Hate is such a strong word :(
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Aug 23, 2012

cornelius

These dinosaurs from the apartheid era dicheads must serve a long prison time so that they can reflect on their idiocy. They must hope they don't land up with some Al Qaedas in Pretoria Central.
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Aug 23, 2012

Nyongoyamavenda

lets not put deaths of so many people by Islum on theses individuals, yes islam is a very dangerous religion,a religion of mass murderers
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Aug 23, 2012

Sinudeity_

F***ing scumbags. Life sentences is what they deserve. This wasnt just plain murder, this was a hate crime.

In the US, muslims are vilified, but South Africa is different. We have people from ALL forms of religions here. And we have ZERO unrest due to religion.

Muslims, Jews and Christians are all from the same roots. In fact Muslims believe that Jesus was the messiah.
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Aug 23, 2012

Dandan

@Tobby


I know Magilies I was once there first day of my visit I was at wimpy, I sat next to a filthy w.hite man he called the manager to remove me next to him I just left the place, Magilies is a very little dorpie with stinking rac.ism in the country for South africans as long as we dont want to learn from Robert Mugabe this country will always remain backward and laughing stock where bl.ack people are bruatalised by west foreig.ners
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Aug 23, 2012

Mapholobakay1

Amabhunu altyd! They will probably get 10 to 15 years because they are white and the judge is a bhunu.
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Aug 23, 2012

Solm

@Tobby

Blame Islam and the whole world for that matter, if it makes you sleep better at night.Why do you have to bring Islam into this?How many blacks are shot and killed by these concrete heads?Do we make such incidents about the religion of those victims?Do we then ask about how many crimes blacks commit in general?Common man use your brain ( I assume it works).

@Nyongoyamavenda

Blah blah blah your Christianity is as pure and peaceful as the lamp?Carry on hallucinating.
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Aug 23, 2012

Jones

it is dangerously stupid to try and justify such hate crime simply because the deceased is a Muslim. What crime did this Kazi commit do derserve death? in the same line we can not say all whites are murderers because these two mental retards killed . Treat each case as is. These guys killed and they should pay the prize for it. ET maimed and probably killed a lot of blacks but killing him has never been a right thing to do, thats why his murderers today are paying the prize
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Aug 23, 2012

MommaC

"Viviers, who was holding a small red Bible throughout the proceedings"

Religious nutcases again.
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