Momberg misses deadline on contempt application
Convicted racist Vicki Momberg, who has been jailed for two years for crimen injuria, has not yet filed an answering affidavit in the contempt of court application launched by the Human Rights Commission for not complying with an Equality Court order. Friday was the deadline for Momberg to file an affidavit stating reasons why she is opposing the application, says a TimesLIVE report.
Momberg has failed to comply with an order made by the Equality Court in June last year‚ instructing her to pay damages of R100 000 for using the K-word when addressing a police constable in 2016.
The Equality Court also ordered Momberg to make an ‘unconditional’ written apology to Constable Clement David Mkhondo‚ to publish the apology on social media platforms and on the SA Human Rights Commission's website. Momberg’s failure to comply with all of the aspects of the Equality Court ruling prompted lawyers for Mkhondo and the commission – Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) – to serve contempt of court papers on Momberg last month.
In its contempt application‚ lodged with the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg)‚ the commission and Mkhondo are seeking Momberg’s imprisonment for up to six months‚ suspended for two months, notes the report.
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