R100 000 k-word claim
Grahamstown resident Sazi Matama (45) has instituted a R100 000 claim against the business owner who admitted to calling him a ‘kaffir’ after a parking altercation. A Cape Times report says Matama has charged that Muiriel Els’ conduct has violated his rights to human dignity and violated the Promotion to Equality and Unfair Discrimination Act. His case at the Equality Court in Grahamstown was postponed this week for heads of arguments.
Matama claimed Els had attempted to run him over while he was taking her vehicle’s registration number, and had also opened a criminal case against Els with the SA Human Rights Commission after the heated argument in 2012. However, Els has asked the Equality Court to dismiss Matama’s case because the senior public prosecutor had established his version was not acceptable for a criminal prosecution.
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