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White man sentenced to ‘death’ for k-word

Happy, not a baboon or a kaffir
Happy, not a baboon or a kaffir

A white man has been sentenced to “death” of a different kind for calling Metro FM communications manager Happy Ngidi a baboon and a kaffir.

On Friday the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court sentenced Simon Phillips, 39, to a two-year prison term, suspended for five years on condition that he works at the mortuary section of the Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital for a total of 720 hours.

The sentence is equal to 18 working weeks at 40 hours a week

This was after the same court found Phillips guilty of crimen injuria last month. Phillips was granted R10 000 bail.

Ngidi was leaving Virgin Active’s parking lot in Constantia Kloof, north west of Johannesburg, last year in July, for home when it happened.

She was reversing out of a parking area and noticed a white VW Polo belonging to Phillips approaching her. She said that, being a careful driver, she took her time reversing out.

This irked Phillips, who called her a baboon and a kaffir.

The court, in sentencing Phillips, said that crimen injuria – intentionally and unlawfully impairing the dignity or privacy of another – was a sub-species of assault.

At the mortuary section, Phillips will receive and attend to visitors to the mortuary, clean and clothe the corpses and prepare the bodies for collection.

Any breach will result in Phillips being jailed for two years.

The court considered a number of sentencing options, such as a jail time and a fine, but decided against a prison sentence because of the effect this would have on his two-year-old child.

The court believed Phillips could still be rehabilitated.

It heard from Phillips’s father, George, that he worked for three days a week.

The court indicated that Ngidi may pursue a civil claim if interested.

On Friday, Ngidi was ecstatic about the sentencing.

Source: timeslive.co.za

 

Coloured calling black ‘darkie’ is a very serious offence says DA

Dirk Smit
Dirk Smit

A Coloured DA councillor in the City of Cape Town told a black security guard to go back to a black province. He has been found guilty of racism by a city disciplinary committee and now faces expulsion from the council.

Junade Hoosain, councillor for ward 46, told the guard that “Darkies do not belong in Robertson but in the Eastern Cape.” Hoosain is a member of the city’s health portfolio committee.

The ward includes parts of the coloured Manenberg, Penlyn Estate and New Fields. Hoosain allegedly also used the K-word.

The disciplinary committee said: “After 20 years of democracy, a community leader cannot be excused for uttering such terms in whatever context.”

According to the city’s legal department, Mzoxolo Gqowa of Security SA, the company that provides VIP protection to councillors, complained to his employer last year that Hoosain had made the remark to him.

Hoosain had apologised to Gqowa, who had then withdrawn his grievance, but the withdrawal came to the white Speaker’s attention and Dirk Smit asked Hoosain to “respond to the allegations”.

The disciplinary hearing lasted three days. They found Hoosain guilty of using the term “darkies” but could not, “on a balance of probabilities”, find him guilty of using the k-word.

The committee believes saying “darkie” is “an act of racism” and as such should be regarded in a serious light.

About another DA councillor in the City of Cape Town that appeared in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court on charges of defrauding the social grant system, Smit said earlier the 61-year-old “could face disciplinary action”.

Smit said the party would only comment after it had done its “own investigation”.

Michael Toko was accused of drawing an old age pension even though he earns about R30,000 a month as a full-time councillor.

Government regulations stipulate that those applying for the old age pension of R1270 should not earn more than R49,200 a year.

Toko also enjoys travel and a cellphone allowance.