ANC Western Cape poo tosser in more trouble, charged with inciting violence

31 July 2015 - 16:10 By Aphiwe Deklerk

ANC Western Cape provincial executive member and lead "poo thrower" Andile Lili will have to spend five more days behind bars for inciting violence charges. This is after the prosecution‚ represented by Peter Damon‚ opposed his bail application for inciting violence charges at the Bellville Magistrate's Court on Friday.Lili was arrested at his Khayelitsha home on Wednesday night. On Tuesday he apparently told his supporters‚ who were gathered outside the Bellville court‚ that criminals should be killed.“Sometimes [criminals] are arrested ... but the justice system releases them. So the only thing we can do is to kill immediately if we find a criminal."We must kill them‚ comrades! We are liberating ourselves from criminals. Police are trying‚ but the justice system is failing us."Lili was at the court to hear sentencing in the case where he and other Ses’khona People’s Rights Movement members were found guilty for throwing excrement at the Cape Town International Airport.On Friday Damon argued that the state was opposing bail because the new charges against Lili were serious and that he was already out on bail for the faeces matter.Magistrate Cyril Krautz initially said he would only be able to hear the bail application in September but Lili's lawyer‚ Barnabus Xulu‚ managed to get an earlier date‚ which will be on Wednesday next week.Outside the court a handful of Ses’khona supporters sang struggle songs while waiting for their leader.But given that Lili was to remain in jail until August 5‚ it was left to the other lead "poo protester"‚ Loyiso Nkohla‚ to address them. Nkohla stopped short of accusing the country's justice system of bias."You must remember this happened not so long ago [that] King [Goodwill] Zwelithini made the same comments‚” he said in reference to the monarch’s remarks‚ which many say led to xenophobic violence in KwaZulu-Natal early this year.“We will see whether the justice system has eyes and ears‚ (whether) it has a selective approach on things‚" said Nkohla.-RDM News Wire..

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