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 ID MP Lance Greyling has welcomed the news that the Waterkloof Four 'are finally in prison for their murder of a homeless man' in what appeared to be a racist attack.

'We in the Independent Democrats hope that the years they are to spend in jail will help water down the arrogance they showed throughout their many court appearances,' Mr Greyling says.

'It is also our hope that over time each of them will come to terms with the fact that they murdered another human being and that in South Africa our national vision is to make all lives equal and precious.

'The ID would like to see the four come to terms with the fact that what they did was wrong,' says Greyling.

He called on all South African parents, 'especially whites, to teach their children tolerance for people from other race groups.

'Unless we do this, the recent racist attacks by white boys at the University of the Free State, at the University of Johannesburg and in Skierlik, will multiply, resulting in a heightening of racial tension, which goes against the spirit of our nation,' Greyling says.

'When children as young as 15-years are found guilty of racist attacks we cannot avoid the role of parents who are on a daily basis imposing their own racist mindset from the Apartheid era onto their children. 

'As a nation we must stand against racism in any form and it is our duty to report racist incidents whenever they happen,' says Greyling.

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