A shocking music video, in which South Africans who have lost loved ones due to crime take a stand against this problem, was today released by the trade union Solidarity in conjunction with the band Niemand. The music video of the song Jericho forms part of Solidarity’s campaign against crime.
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The campaign, which kicked off in February, was aimed at protesting against the government’s apparent disregard for the severity of crime in South Africa and to place pressure on the government to regard crime as a bigger priority. South Africans were invited to send anti-crime messages to President Jacob Zuma. Zuma has confirmed that he will take delivery of the letters this coming Tuesday. Solidarity endeavours to hand over 100 000 letters from South Africans. By this morning, 75 000 letters had already been received.
“The song and music video confirm that South Africans are tired of living in fear because of crime. The song, sung by the singer Joe Niemand, is a prayer about the apparently insurmountable wall of crime and the fear facing ordinary South Africans,” explained Dirk Hermann, deputy general secretary of Solidarity.
According to Niemand, it was not even necessary to create a story line for the video. “We simply asked people we know who have also lost loved ones to appear in the video, and the result was so powerful that we did not need anything else,” Niemand said.
In the video, family members and friends show photos of the loved ones they lost. It ends with thousands of South Africans standing together with one message – that change is urgently needed in South Africa. The video is available at http://www.stube.co.za/4.0/video/289/Jericho–Niemand. The song also appears on the album This is War of the band Niemand.
Last week Solidarity also launched an anti-crime video on STube in which the stories of people affected by crime are told. The video has already been viewed more than 6 300 times and is available at http://www.stube.co.za/4.0/video/288/Die-stories-van-Suid-Afrikaners-wat-die-president-nie-wou-hoor-nie .
People who want to participate in the campaign can send a letter directly to President Zuma at www.dearpresident.co.za. People without internet access can simply SMS the word “crime” to 35960. SMSs cost R3.
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