According to The Washington Post, the victim, Victor Mlotshwa, was walking one day when Oosthuzien and Jackson accused him of trespassing on a ranch. Before Mlotshaw could run away, the men forced him into a nearby coffin. As one man recorded the heartless and degrading incident, another threatened to pour gasoline on Mlotshwa and set him on fire.
In a short clip shared on Twitter by one of South Africa’s main political parties, one of the men can be seen forcing Mlotshaw’s head in the coffin as Mlotshaw begs for mercy. It’s unclear what happened afterwards, or how Mlotshaw was able to escape. However, with the video resurfacing nearly three months after the incident, (and being removed from YouTube) Mlotshaw now has a chance to pursue law with actual proof.
“He didn’t have evidence to prove what had happened, it’s only two weeks back that he decided to open the case. He didn’t think anyone would believe him,” Mlotshwa’s brother, Thobile, told local media.
Although a judge postponed Oosthuizen and Jackson’s trial until January, the two will remain in jail until then.
“This humiliation can be based on nothing else but his blackness, which means it is in actual fact a humiliation of black people as a whole,” the political party known as the Economic Freedom Fighters said in a statement.
Watch a snippet of the inhumane video below.
CIC @Julius_S_Malema asked where are statements from Pastors & Bishops condemning what white farmers did to this black man pic.twitter.com/pBBoJwoMN7— EFF Official Account (@EFFSouthAfrica) November 14, 2016
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