FALSE IDOL Part 6: Swart Gevaar
During his murder trial, Pistorius claimed he mistook Reeva for an intruder, when he shot her in his home. Lots of South Africans recognized the coded meaning behind his words.
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During his murder trial, Pistorius claimed he’d mistaken Reeva for an intruder, when he shot her in his home. He listed instances where he’d been the victim of crime. But for many South Africans, there was a coded message in Pistorius’ words –– the fear of black people invading white people’s homes. They even have a term for this fear: Swart Gevaar.