Man hunted alive in coffin

A video of a terrified black man alive is forced into a coffin, creates uproar in South Africa.

The two white men appeared Wednesday in Middelburg, in Pretoria, for the first time in court. Outside the courtroom gathered an angry mob anti-racism demonstrators. The matter shall, 22 years after the abolition of apartheid, the resurgence of racism debate in South Africa.

'I was accused by the men that I had entered their yard without permission. Then I was beaten and forced to lie in the coffin, 'Rethabile said. The matter will only resume on January 25. Until then stuck the two men. They deny that their action has a racist background.

In South Africa, is eighty percent of the population black. The largest part of the economy is in the hands of whites, who make up eight percent of the population.

The two white men appeared Wednesday in Middelburg, in Pretoria, for the first time in court. Outside the courtroom gathered an angry mob anti-racism demonstrators. The matter shall, 22 years after the abolition of apartheid, the resurgence of racism debate in South Africa.

'I was accused by the men that I had entered their yard without permission. Then I was beaten and forced to lie in the coffin, 'Rethabile said. The matter will only resume on January 25. Until then stuck the two men. They deny that their action has a racist background.

In South Africa, is eighty percent of the population black. The largest part of the economy is in the hands of whites, who make up eight percent of the population.