Chapter 30: Making Headlines, Again

…continued from 8 June 2026...

FIRST TIME HERE? NO PROBLEM – START AT THE BEGINNING – WARNING YOU WILL BECOME ADDICTED TO THE STORY.

WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND DESCRIPTIONS OF RACISM – DO NOT READ IF THIS OFFENDS YOU!

Whitey was blissfully unaware of it all, slugging down his third beer, enjoying the quiet in the back of the tent.

Somehow the big brute, honed in on Themba again and punched him in the stomach before smashing his knee into Themba’s face. Themba was in good shape and his stomach muscles protected him from the brunt of the blow, but he saw stars when the knee connected with his chin. However, he was up in a flash, lashing out both hands in a claw like fashion ripping strips of flesh from the brute’s face. The brute was now bleeding from his nose and several deep scratches to his face.

He roared in pain and grabbed hold of the nearest thing he could find to do Themba more bodily harm. Suddenly he felt his body jerking violently as he spasmed from the electric shock he received from the police taser. His eyes rolled back as he fell to the ground and the jerking gradually subsided while the current spent itself into his body.

Themba took his chance to plant a well-timed stomp on the brute’s head, but he too began jerking in pain as another police taser crackled its current through Themba’s body. His face contorted in horror while the scream he tried to utter, never quite made it out of his throat.

By the time Whitey realised he had finished about 8 beers and it had been almost two hours since he had last seen Themba, Themba was languishing in fury in the same holding cell as the brute at the local police station. Whitey was notified via a Whatsapp link to an online article which explained the whole thing in great detail. The theme of the article was that Themba was brutally attacked and that the motives were both racist and homophobic.

Whitey wasn’t sure what to do. On one level he was enraged and ready to kill, but on another level, there was nothing he could do while Themba was in jail. He arranged for a high-priced lawyer to get Themba out on bail that same night and Whitey calmed both of them down by having a relaxing bubble bath together. Themba was perplexed at Whitey’s gentleness, and realised that it probably had something to do with the fact that only Whitey was allowed to hurt Themba.

The next day Whitey was making plans to have the three thugs who attacked Themba, killed.

The local paper had a photo of a sad Themba on the front page with a huge headline - “Racist Attack” - above the photo. As with the previous articles, despite no reporter having spoken to Themba, he was quoted as calling for a political to prevent racist abuse.

Whitey kept receiving links to various articles on the incident, all of which were pro-Themba.

This went on for days after the incident. Luckily, the thugs could not afford bail, (although Shawn suggested they remain in the cells for their own protection until Whitey calmed down).

After about seven days of constant social media activity regarding the incident, something in Whitey’s primitive mind made the connection between what was happening and Johan Baatjies plan. “Die ma se poes is nogal ‘n slim nai, - (this mother fucker is actually quite a smart fucker)” he said quietly to himself.

 Continued tomorrow 10 June 2026, before 12pm

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