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24 April 2018

Rajesh Gopie sparked outrage on Facebook when he referred to Kaizer Chiefs supporters as 'baboons'.
The post read: 'Yah, and the Baboons like soccer too much so they want to play with human heads.'
He's since posted an apology for his remarks - saying he uses the term when describing any violent football fans including those from Europe.
Monday, 23 April 2018 09:56

‘Cops shot me in the mouth!’

23 April 2018

DA LEADER Mmusi Maimane visited Danville in Mahikeng, North West on Saturday, a day after Police Minister Bheki Cele also paid a visit.
Residents told both Cele and Maimane that cops had shot at them with live ammunition and used racial insults.
They said they were called “bushmen” during recent protests calling for North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo to step down.
22 April 2018

DURBAN - The head of the KwaZulu-Natal health department, MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo, has been issued with a notice to appear before the South African Human Rights Commission over the “lack of meaningful progress” in dealing with the province’s oncology crisis.
21 April 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission have condemned the violence and destruction that has accompanied the recent spate of protests in Mahikeng.
20 April 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission will compel KwaZulu-Natal health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo to appear before it next month to answer questions about the ongoing “oncology crisis” in the province.
20 April 2018

Cape Town - Former South African ambassador to Uganda, Jon Qwelane, was on Friday granted leave to appeal against the whole of the judgment and order that his 2008 newspaper column was hate speech.
In July 2017, the high court in Johannesburg ruled that Qwelane's column was "anti-gay" and was "hurtful, harmful and incites propaganda hate towards the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community".
20 April 2018

Empowering steps taken at seminar hosted by Old Mutual
Driving greater workplace inclusion of persons with disabilities was the focus of an inaugural thought leadership seminar hosted by Old Mutual today in Cape Town.
19 April 2018

Over the years social media has evolved from just a mere way to catch-up with friends and family to a platform for topics of debate, where users are becoming more opinionated about issues and feel the need to express their opinions on social media. However, some posts tend to bring about controversy, sparking anger and abuse which can get out of control.
18 April 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission is probing allegations over a motoring journalist’s alleged racist comments on social media calling black people ‘gorillas’ and Indian’s who pray to rats.
17 April 2018

Johannesburg - A storm has broken over the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists over alleged racist comments made by one of its senior members on social media and a perceived lack of response to a complaint lodged with the Guild about them.

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