WATCH | ‘This is absolutely heartbreaking’ – Social media reacts as family’s Christmas ruined by a ‘racist attack’ at resort swimming pool

Cyril Ramaphosa

Free State – A family’s Christmas celebrations at the Maselspoort Resort & Conference Centre seemed to be a time-travelling experience after two young black boys were attacked because they were allegedly “not allowed in a pool reserved for white people”.

The sister of the brothers who had been on the receiving end of the attack took to Twitter, posting a video of the incident and giving an explanation of what took place.

“Family came to spend the day @ MASELSPOORT RESORT & CONFERENCE CENTRE in Free State,” she wrote.

“My brothers were attacked by these grown men because they are apparently not allowed in the pool as it’s reserved for the ‘white people’ here.

“The Oranje-Vrystraat we love.” 

Watch the video here:

In the video, a white man is seen slapping a small boy who is then thrown back into the pool when he tries to get up. The adult man also appears to grab another boy by the throat as if trying to choke him.

According to Times Live, the boys’ father, who spoke to SABC news said they were traumatised.

“As we were relaxing, the boys came and told us that they are being prevented from using the pool by a group of white adult males. They said they were told by the men that the pool is only reserved for people who are booked here [at the resort]. We then went to the pool to intervene and told the gentlemen that we are also booked here and not day visitors. So we thought the issue was resolved but were shocked to hear that they were attacked after we left,” the report quoted the father as saying.

Free State police are investigating an assault case.

At the time of writing, the video had accumulated over 660 000 views. some of the viewers, commented on the tweet and expressed their shock at what had occurred.

South African political party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) was swift in its response to the incident, standing up to the racist acts that had taken place.

“The EFF continues to be the first respondents to racism that is flourishing under Cyril Ramaphosa,” it said on Twitter.

“Our Free State Chairperson, Mapheule Liphoko led fighters to Maselspoort Resort, Free State to attend decisively to the racists & all of the apologists!”

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