A racist tweet by a Durban man could see him in hot water after a Durban civic association sought to lay criminal charges against him for utterances that have been shared several times on social media, says a Daily News report.

A screenshot of the tweet, that has subsequently been taken down on Twitter and shared on Facebook, caused an uproar.

Dr TJ Ntshangase, with the Twitter handle @Jeffrey17397592, had tweeted: ‘To all doctors, I say let's stand together and take over by injecting every white person with the wrong injection in hospital to pay back revenge. Even if I get fired, I’m loaded with money already.’

Ntshangase later said he did not think his tweet would be taken seriously.

However, Narendh Ganesh, chairperson of the Duffs Road Civic Association, did not see the humour in the tweet. He plans to head to the Equality Court today to lay a complaint.

He would also be taking up the matter with the Health Professionals Council of SA as he had found a doctor registered as TJ Ntshangase.

‘The post may also put fear into people wanting to take the Covid-19 vaccine at health institutions, but it also incites racial hatred and division, which is intolerable under any circumstances,’ Ganesh is quoted as saying.

Okyerebea Ampofo-Anti, social media law expert and founder of Ampofo-Anti Consulting, said a statement of this nature encouraged others to harm people based on their race, and this amounted to hate speech.

Full Daily News report