South Africa: ‘I want the blood of an Afrikaner’ — City of Tshwane council meeting descends into chaos

The City of Tshwane’s council meeting on Thursday, which was scheduled to pass crucial reports affecting the municipality’s more than 4 million residents, was abruptly adjourned and postponed indefinitely after racial threats of violence were bandied about by councillors.  

The tension arose after ANC and EFF councillors demanded an apology from the executive mayor, Cilliers Brink, over remarks he had made in recent days suggesting that the ANC’s days of looting and mismanagement…