A Cape Town drinking establishment has been called out for a racist incident after a video has gone viral on social media. In the clip, Christopher Logan who is a friend of Thabiso Danca, the victim, is confronting the owner, after Danca was denied entry. Danca claims the bouncer said[…]
LOCAL The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has described as horrific and deplorable, utterances made by a Benoni woman about black people, calling them rapists and thieves and that they should be banned and killed. Belinda Magor, whose voice note went viral on social media, made the comments while[…]
INTERNATIONAL A French cartoon has caused outrage on social media for its “racist and Islamophobic” portrayal of the Qatar national football team ahead of the World Cup set to kick off in Doha later this month. Published last month by the French newspaper Le Canard enchaîné, the caricature uses stereotypical depictions of Arab men as long-bearded, angry,[…]
LOCAL Trade union Solidarity says it is keeping a close eye on Dis-Chem after the company allegedly retracted a controversial letter sent to senior management, alerting it about a moratorium on the appointment of whites. Solidarity CEO Dirk Hermann shared on Twitter a letter reportedly sent by Dis-Chem CEO Ivan[…]
LOCAL The Stellenbosch University Student Representative Council has called on students at the institution to allow the Office of Student Discipline to carry out its investigation into the conduct of one of their fellow students. This comes after Stellenbosch University, this week, suspended a student from its Helshoogte residence after[…]
A video of an elderly woman launching a racist tirade after her dog was allegedly stolen has gone viral on social media. In the video, shared by journalist Sihle Mavuso this week, the unidentified woman tells police officers at her home that a black person stole her dog. “I hate black,[…]
The newly conferred Stellenbosch University Chancellor, Justice Edwin Cameron, says the university community deserves an institution that is free of discrimination. He was speaking during his official inauguration as a Chancellor in Stellenbosch on Tuesday night after being elected in 2019. Cameron takes up the position amidst a racial uproar after charges[…]
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Parliament says it will be lodging a formal complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) against the African National Congress (ANC) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), for what it calls a race baiting by the two political parties. The move follows the infamous[…]
The Human Rights Commission says it intends to initiate legal proceedings against Angelo Agrizzi in the Equality Court. This follows his testimony at the state capture commission in which he admitted to using racial slurs. He also admitted to being a “racist”. In the audio clip played at the inquiry,[…]
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is to file a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) against Adam Catzavelos who is seen in a video using the K-word to describe black people. Catzavelos posted the video on social media while holidaying in Greece. “Amazing sea and not one k****r[…]
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