Tue May 21 05:49:43 SAST 2013
Tue May 21 05:49:43 SAST 2013

Second chance for ET convict

Aug 23, 2012 | Katlego Moeng | 21 comments

PATRICK Ndlovu, 18, has been given "a chance to be a boy", says his lawyer Zola Majavu.

Majavu said the boy would continue with schooling "in China".

He said he was talking with some NGOs, a missionary school and the Department of Social Development to ensure Ndlovu continues with school and "gets the chance to be a boy".

Ndlovu, pictured, was 15 years old at the time of AWB leader Eugene Terre'Blanche's killing.

Majavu said: "We have all lost sight of the fact that a boy was employed to work on a farm. He was supplied with alcohol as payment by his employer. He lived in conditions a state witness said she would not let her dogs live in."

Ndlovu's uncle Thomas Ndlovu said in the meantime he was ready to take him in and look after him.

Ndlovu's mother quickly and quietly disappeared after proceedings. Majavu said it was decided she would not talk to the media, but said she showed remorse as her parenting was subjected to criticism by the judge.

Chris Mahlangu will appeal his sentence of life in jail, his lawyer said.

Kgomotso Tlousane will be filing an application for leave to appeal on September 14. Terre'Blanche's brother, Andries, said he was not satisfied with the sentence.

"There are things that will always hurt us. We do not believe that the truth came out."

Terre'Blanche's wife Martie declined to be interviewed.

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Aug 23, 2012

Mosquer

Why blocking us on the other article?
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Aug 23, 2012

Dandan

Robert Mugabe will always laugh at black south africans
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Aug 23, 2012

Mgaraji

Patrick Ndlovu thanks mfana for assisting killing the worse racists of our time. ET ruined so many people's life. Chris Mahlangu must be paroled as soon as possible. ET deserved to die.
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Aug 23, 2012

Dandan

@Mgaraji


why the police had to bother searching for murderes, nxaaaah
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Aug 23, 2012

Tobby

These boys did nothing wrong, they were abused and under-paid by that stupid, clumcy, bully Afrikaaner. They think they own south africa and it belongs to blacks. Mahlangu was not suppose to be sentenced life in prison BECAUSE he respected the policy orders and HE IS THE ONE WHO REPORTED HIMSELF, they did not search for him. Everyone knows that Terreblanche was bully and a wild animal and guess what, people did not know that he was a coward who has no power, an empty vessel always makes the most noise because there's nothing in it. All the farmers just like miners make billions in the power of workers but give them peanuts, that rubbish. Anyway rest in peace ET but may Mahlangu be given a lighter sentence.
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Aug 23, 2012

Sinudeity_

Dandan - We will always laugh at Zimbabwe. 95% unemployment and over a million refugees in South Africa.
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Aug 23, 2012

MommaC

I must admit, when this all started and the kid didn't want bail because he had 'never been so happy' as when he was in jail, it broke my heart. We have so many kids who are not cared for by their families. Something has to be done or we will have an army of angry young men on our hands
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Aug 23, 2012

Naked

the judge failed to look into the history of ET on his hat.red of bl.ack people. he turned a blind eye on the fact that ET, treated balc.ks like do.gs, he failed to look at the main reason for the dispute,which is wages, and he failed to look at the fact that a 15 yr old was not meant to be working in farms to begin with. He sidelined Chris mahlangu's story and concerntrated on ET's ...the sentence was harsh, yes chris might have been lying by saying ET infected him with the virus but the least the judge could have done was to look into the matter, he was supposed to investigate not rubbish the claims,what if for sure mahlangu was telling the truth...a lighter sentence fr mahlungu would have been fair considering ET's way of illtreating blac ks........mahlungu u got a harsh sentcence for being bla.ck!!! and yet ET 's family is still not satisfied, they want him dead!!
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Aug 23, 2012

ChilliesJnr

Siyambongela Patric Ndlovu for his education initiation, as for Mahlangu I strongly believe he deserves a lighter sentence my self considering the harassment and abuse they were subjected to by ET...
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Aug 23, 2012

MommaC

Naked

Unfortunately, that is irrelevant in law.
Many women are sitting in jail as we speak because they snapped after their husbands abused them once too often, The law only takes into consideration what happened at the time, not the years that preceded it.
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