Coming to a street near you, if all pans out in Linbro Park as we expect

U

Update: If anyone considers this racist, obscene or extreme, they should think about the terrible, vile, obscene pig slaughter at the bottom of Clulee. So far, nothing has happened. Instead, criminal charges were laid against me. Go figure. Charges overturned, but the prosecutor asked for R2 000 lunch money, in front of witnesses.

Commission backs ritual slaughter
Mar 29, 2011 11:33 AM | By Sapa
Communities should continue to slaughter animals as a religious and cultural practice, the Commission on the Rights of Culture and Religion says.

Commission chairman Wesley Mabuza said conflict between animal rights activists and traditionalists were brought about by misunderstanding.

"They should listen to each other to understand one another," he said at the launch of guidelines on African ritual animal slaughter.

The Commission researched animal slaughter for ritual ceremony after the outcry over ANC heavyweight Tony Yengeni's slaughtering of a bull in a cleansing ceremony following his release from prison.

Animal rights activists objected to the slaughter on the grounds that the practice constituted cruelty to animals.

Mabuza said traditionalists believed the ritual was part of their culture and that objection to it was an infringement on their rights to freely practice their religion.

The Commission recommended that communities continue to slaughter animals for cultural and religious purposes, but that care be taken to consider the rights of other people who might be sensitive to the practice.