WATCH: Cape Party slams ‘sheep-slaughtering thugs’ and ‘slaughter’ watermelon in campaign video

Little-known political hopefuls The Cape Party left social media users in stitches after its campaign video condemning sheep-slaughtering activists on Clifton Beach circulated on social media.

In the video, a group of people wearing party-branded t-shirts walk towards the camera person, with two men holding a watermelon in a white cloth. The group walks past an animal which is tied to a tent pole, seemingly as a demonstration that animals will be ‘safe’ should their party be voted into power.

“Unlike other cultures in Southern Africa, here in the Cape, we do not slaughter animals and we do not tolerate racism. Here in the Cape we do things differently,” says one man, as he cuts the watermelon in pieces and gives three others a piece each.

“Aside from being ridiculous, two thing struck me. One is he is wearing a khukri [knife] which was used extensively by the Ghurkas in WWII and thus can be regarded as an offensive weapon, secondly SA law restricts the length of an openly worn knife as 10 cm. Not well thought through,” said Richard Haye on Twitter, while others found the video amusing.

Responding to another report on their watermelon-slaughtering video, the party said it refused to take a “backward step” against “the sheep slaughtering thugs”.

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“If you are sick and tired of corrupt politics and the destruction of our home in the Cape by the government and those politicians, join us here in the Cape party to fight back,” said the party, which was founded in 2007.

The party said it stood for economic and political independence for the Cape that would be achieved through an independent state, The Cape Republic, should the ANC-controlled government refuse to “negotiate” on its policy of “persecution” against the Cape people.

“Our first hope is that the ANC-controlled South African government will engage in immediate negotiations to bring an end to the long-standing political, social and economic oppression that they have imposed without challenge on the Cape and its people to this day.

“By allowing for greater provincial control over our own economic, social and political affairs we will, at the least, be able to relieve our people of some of the daily persecution we endure,” it said.

The party was officially registered with the IEC in 2008.

(Compiled by Vhahangwele Nemakonde)

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