Matthew Theunissen has issued a open letter of “unconditional apology” for his racist post on Facebook earlier this week. On Monday, in reaction to Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula’s announcement that a number of sporting codes would not be allowed to bid to host international events as they were not meeting[…]
The South African Human Rights Commission (HRC) has confirmed it will be investigating a racist Facebook post, which has raised the ire of South Africans. The flow of support for the waitress offended by #RhodesMustFall (RMF) movement member Ntokozo Qwabe recently made waves on social media and in less than[…]
Amid a slew of criticism and a social media storm, Matthew Theunissen insists he is not a racist. On Monday, in reaction to Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula’s announcement that a number of sporting codes would not be allowed to bid to host international events as they were not meeting transformation[…]
Penny Sparrow, who described black beachgoers as “monkeys” in a Facebook post, has gone into hiding. The ANC launched a complaint of hate speech against her in the Equality Court in KwaZulu-Natal in January. But it informed the court this week that the deputy sheriff had been unable to track[…]
Recent social media posts in which individuals openly express their feelings toward another race has spurred government on in resolving suppressed interracial conflict. The matter appears to be spiralling out of control as more people consume themselves in conversation on the topic. As a means to seek mechanisms to resolve[…]
A firefighter from Pietermaritzburg, Evershan Pillay, has taken to social media to vent his shock and disgust over racial comments made against him by a woman on Facebook. Pillay, stationed at the uMgungundlovu District Municipality fire department, said he was left stunned after messaging a woman on Facebook, only to[…]
It was deeply concerning that after 22 years of democracy, a few South Africans are still defending or justifying racism, the ruling ANC has said in a memorandum to government. The party said on Friday that the country had recently “witnessed the resurgence of incidents of racism, often disguised as[…]
A University of Cape Town (UCT) student, who herself did not have place in a residence at the institution when she first arrived, says there is an extreme hatred of whites among those who are protesting the housing shortage. The student, who did not want to be named, said she[…]
OPINION by Shafiq Morton Late Saturday night (6 February) my Blackberry vibrated with urgency on my night table. Oh no, not another Zuma moment, I thought, in deference to the fact that the embattled Presidency – in the belief that bad news and political skulduggery can be diluted – now[…]
Fresh from her Paul Kruger photo controversy, DA MP Anchen Dreyer warned that the ANC would “grab at any crumb” to use racism accusations as an election strategy. “They may think they are going to get short-term gain from it, but in the long term it can actually tear the[…]
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