Munierr watched the Paarl road rage video over and over. Not because he enjoys a bit of piksteel action.
Nor to savour all the choice swear words being hurled at the young coloured driver by Marius Geldenhuys.
Munier was searching for one thing in particular - the word “hotnot”, which Ezra Vorster claims he was called.
Try as he might, he could find no evidence of it. Yet, this story has become a massive racial incident.
As they do, thousands of readers and social media users jumped onto this story like boxers in a ring, to fight for their colour.
The punches flew...
“Ja, apartheid is still alive and well in Paarl.” “White people will never change.” “That white driver must come try that on the Cape Flats.”
And out of the other corner...
“The coloured guy taunted and provoked the white ou.” “If it was a coloured ou moering a white ou, then it’s not a race attack.”
And suddenly the old racial battle lines were redrawn, back to square one.
Ai... sad.
Munier has refused to take sides in this issue. Both parties are to blame, for different reasons.
Firstly, what was ou Marius thinking, grabbing a piksteel from his boot and charging at Ezra like that?
And that language? Yoh! Munier’s ears were ringing for hours.
And then ramming that thing in Ezra’s face? No man! Who behaves like that?
Nothing Ezra could have said or done warranted an attack of that savage nature.
That oompie ought to have spent some time cooling off in a police cell.
And Ezra? The reality TV star?
He wasn’t exactly convincing as the victim, was he?
No, he was clearly enjoying himself, blowing his data on a Facebook Live broadcast.
And no, it was not admirable that he conducted himself in a calm and non-violent manner.
He was the star of his own show and knew better than to incriminate himself online.
He milked the video for all its worth, taunting the angry guy and saying, “Jy’s nou op Facebook Live, smile vir ons.”
After the first “traumatic” confrontation, he then proceeds to drive behind Marius and his daughter, all the while recording, building up to the next face-off.
His ploy works.
Well done Ezra, you’ve got your 10 000 views and gone viral.
And it looks like the sequel is going to be a “hit” too.
In an act of biblical proportions, the two have met up to atone for their sins in a symbolic foot-washing ceremony.
They pray together, embrace and offer one another forgiveness.
A happy ending. How sweet.
All on camera, of course.
But if Ezra thinks he’s come out of this looking like a victim, or a hero, of a race attack movie, he’d better think again.
All he’s achieved is to drive a wedge between communities and colour groups.
We really don’t need any more of that, do we?
Munier hopes readers will read between the lies and see this incident for what it was: not a race attack, but a road rage incident.