New case opened against ‘kill all whites’ hate placard suspects

THE Police are investigating a second case against the two men who have been charged under the Prohibition of Racial Discrimination Act after they allegedly made and carried a placard displaying a call of ‘Kill all whites’ along Windhoek’s Independence Avenue in August 2005.

The duo, Methuzal “Malcolm X” Matundu and Gerson Ndjavera, made a sixth appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court yesterday. With their last court appearance in early November, their case was postponed to yesterday for the Prosecutor General to make a decision about the prosecution that they would be facing, but this decision was not at hand with their return to court.Public Prosecutor Amizé Adams told Magistrate Helvi Shilemba that the Police docket on the case before court had not been sent to the Prosecutor General’s office for a decision to be taken yet, as another case was opened against the two men on November 2 last year and the prosecution wanted to wait for the results of the investigation of this case first before both dockets would be sent to the Prosecutor General’s office for a decision.The case against the duo has now been postponed further to May 11.Matundu and Ndjavera are accused of having contravened two sections of the Racial Discrimination Prohibition Act of 1991, which prohibit any act, the use of any language, and the display of any article that is intended to threaten any person or group on the grounds of the racial group that the person belongs to, or that is intended to cause, encourage or incite hatred between different racial groups.It is alleged that Ndjavera was photographed carrying a handwritten placard with the words ‘Kill all whites’ along the capital’s main street during a public demonstration in the city on August 24 2005.Matundu, who was arrested and charged about two weeks after Ndjavera, told The Namibian after his first court appearance in early October 2005 that he was the proud maker of the placard.After their last appearance in court on November 2 last year, Matundu was reported to have told journalists at the court that he had been awarded a scholarship for a period of study in Afghanistan at an institution under the control of Osama bin Laden, and that he would be learning there how to bomb white people and their homes.It is understood that this statement gave rise to the latest Police investigation that the two men are facing.Both Matundu and Ndjavera remain free on bail of N$500 each.With their last court appearance in early November, their case was postponed to yesterday for the Prosecutor General to make a decision about the prosecution that they would be facing, but this decision was not at hand with their return to court.Public Prosecutor Amizé Adams told Magistrate Helvi Shilemba that the Police docket on the case before court had not been sent to the Prosecutor General’s office for a decision to be taken yet, as another case was opened against the two men on November 2 last year and the prosecution wanted to wait for the results of the investigation of this case first before both dockets would be sent to the Prosecutor General’s office for a decision.The case against the duo has now been postponed further to May 11.Matundu and Ndjavera are accused of having contravened two sections of the Racial Discrimination Prohibition Act of 1991, which prohibit any act, the use of any language, and the display of any article that is intended to threaten any person or group on the grounds of the racial group that the person belongs to, or that is intended to cause, encourage or incite hatred between different racial groups.It is alleged that Ndjavera was photographed carrying a handwritten placard with the words ‘Kill all whites’ along the capital’s main street during a public demonstration in the city on August 24 2005.Matundu, who was arrested and charged about two weeks after Ndjavera, told The Namibian after his first court appearance in early October 2005 that he was the proud maker of the placard.After their last appearance in court on November 2 last year, Matundu was reported to have told journalists at the court that he had been awarded a scholarship for a period of study in Afghanistan at an institution under the control of Osama bin Laden, and that he would be learning there how to bomb white people and their homes.It is understood that this statement gave rise to the latest Police investigation that the two men are facing.Both Matundu and Ndjavera remain free on bail of N$500 each.