Heinz Winckler: Wearing black won't solve farm murders
South African singer Heinz Winckler has used his social media platforms to raise pertinent questions about farm murders.
His comments come amid calls for South Africans - who sympathise with the plight of farmers - to wear black on Monday 30 October.
Winckler has been praised and attacked for his comments and been told to stick to singing.
He posted a live Facebook video in which he says wearing black is not going to solve the problem.
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"I do not believe that for a bunch of mostly-white Afrikaans people to wear black on a day to make a statement is going to bring a change to this. We are not going to solve farm murders, as a specific problem, if we don't look at what the real cause is of the problem," Winckler says.
The singer says farm murders is not about race.
"It is not a race thing. We are making it a race thing. That is not the way we are going to get a better nation."
Winckler says he agrees something has to change to improve the lives of all South Africans.
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"I agree, something has to change. But the question is what do we need to do? Is it going to help to wear black on Monday? Respectfully, I don't think so. I don't think it's going to make an impact with a lasting effect."