It was with great sadness that I read about the arrest of Chumani in Cape Town for allegedly giving the presidents motorcade "the finger".

While I am in no way condoning the use of explicit language or signs, the methods and procedures followed by the bodyguards of the president does not fit with our constitutional rights.

According to news reports, he was jogging along De Wall drive in Cape Town when the presidents motorcade came along. He says he waved at them, however the bodyguards saw him give the president the finger. I will not debate on a he says they say with regards to him waving or not.
Then the black BMW pulled, three men jumped out and pointed their firearms at him, proceeded to push him into the car, put a bag over his head and took him to the presidents residence!

Since when does this action constitute a lawful arrest? The pointing of fire arms at an unarmed civilian is completely against the Firearms Control Act! Then taking this student to the presidents residence, with a bag over his head? Isn't that torture according to the Geneva Convention? Something South Africa proudly advocates and subscribes to! It seems we are headed back to 1964 with this type of behaviour.

This looks like the start of "nationalism", our flag our anthem our president, we make these things unavailable for critique, and if we do show any dissent we are committing treason! Nationalism in many forms are poison, it excludes people, and retracts from their freedom of choice, speech and expressions! I believe nationalism is where such anti democratic practice starts and will prove to be a fatal downfall in the future.

Once a country reaches the stage that we as the normal citizen gets our asses arrested for expression of opinion where on earth are we headed? It's a little to close to Marxism for my liking......