Equally, this House, together with His Excellency, President Jacob Zuma, and the hon Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, must be appalled by the reports and ugly visuals of the relentless pursuit, torture and barbaric lynching of many black Africans in Libya suspected of being pro-Gaddafi mercenaries by the anti-Gaddafi rebel forces. Unfortunately, sir, their black pigmentation is instantly associated with mercenary activity, without any concrete evidence. This is reminiscent of the evil psycho-historical fantasies so frequently used to consign the darker nations to the fields of inhuman treatment.