You'll pay, US lawyer tells SA government

[dArKeR]

By Jan Hennop

Six apartheid victims, including the mother of a teenager shot dead in the 1976 Soweto riots, are seeking $20-billion dollars (about R140-billion) in a lawsuit targeting the South African government and major corporations, their lawyer said on Monday.

The suit was filed in New York District Court on Saturday, demanding at least $10-billion for "genocide, expropriation and other wrongful acts" by international companies under apartheid, American lawyer Ed Fagan told a news conference.

The plaintiffs are also seeking another $10-billion in damages because President Thabo Mbeki's government "continued to allow companies to exploit victims without protecting them, allowing industry to violate people's rights."

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[denverbill]

1. OK, so the 1976 apartheid government is long since gone.

So now you are suing their successors, who brought an end to apartheid. Stupid.

[Freddie Stubbs]

3. Similar to reparations for slavery?

:shrug:

[geek tragedy]

2. Greed, greed, greed

And without legal basis.

[Massacure]

4. I doubt that they will end up getting the $20 billion.