This week an Eastern Cape man‚ Wayne Swanepoel‚ was ordered to pay R100‚000 for hurling the k-word at Bulelani Thembani during an argument that later turned physical. Swanepoel will be paying R16‚ 666 for each letter of the word starting with “k” and ending with “r”.Swanepoel‚ however‚ is not alone.In recent years‚ "racist rants" have gained significant media attention‚ particularly when those rants are in written format and posted to various social media platforms.The latest of these was real estate agent Penny Sparrow who was fined R5‚000 by the Scottburgh Magistrate’s Court on Monday after pleading guilty to a charge of crimen injuria. She was also fined R150‚000 by the Equality Court earlier this year.But who are some of the other South Africans that have landed themselves in trouble?In 2015‚ Afrikaans singer Sunette Bridges was found guilty by the Human Rights Commission of “violent hate speech and racist” comments posted on her Facebook wall. The singer was ordered to regularly monitor her Facebook pages and remove any content that amounts to hate speech‚ harassment‚ or the inciting of violence.Bridges’ case was billed as a test of what constitutes hate speech on social media. Lawyer William Booth said the agreement was a step towards effective regulation of social media. "This has an impact on what people say on social media and means people must be cautious and not do the same thing because they could also be taken to court‚" said Booth.In June 2016‚ government employee Velaphi Khumalo was issued with a final written warning after being suspended‚ with full pay‚ from the Gauteng Sports‚ Arts‚ Culture and Recreation Department in January. In a Facebook post‚ the Sports Promotion Officer called for black South Africans to do to white people what "Hitler did to the Jews" and cleanse the country of white people.Meanwhile‚ the Durban woman whose k-word tirade directed at black law enforcement officers was caught on a cell phone recording wants to plead guilty to the charges she is facing. Vicki Momberg's case will continue on October 18‚ 2016...