Award-winning photographer Alf Kumalo has taken a man to court for calling him a “bloody kaffir” in a restaurant and threatening to hurt him, according to a report on Monday.<\/p>\n
The Star newspaper said the incident happened on January 29 at the Ocean Basket in Sunninghill, Johannesburg.<\/p>\n
“This is about history and respect. I have to go through with this,” Kumalo reportedly said.<\/p>\n
The Star newspaper quoted restaurant manager Romalin Moodley as saying the trouble started when he approached a man in the restaurant to quiet down.<\/p>\n
He was apparently shouting profanities while watching the Australian Open.<\/p>\n
Moodley said the man continued to be loud and aggressive.<\/p>\n
Kumalo approached him and said: “With all this noise, how do you expect us to eat?”<\/p>\n
The man then called Kumalo a “bloody kaffir” and threatened to hit him with a wine bottle.<\/p>\n
Kumalo laid a charge of crimen injuria and the case was heard in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court last week and postponed to March 27 for further investigation.<\/p>\n
Kumalo is the curator of the Alf Kumalo Museum and has a photography school in Soweto. – Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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