Human Rights Commission asked to probe racist Facebook rant

03 May 2016 - 12:15
By TMG Digital

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) was on Tuesday “called on…to probe hate speech” after a racist Facebook rant‚ that included the k-word‚ “sparked anger on social media platforms”.The South African National Civic Organisation also said Matthew Theunissen “ought to be registered in the National Register of Racist Offenders that Sanco has proposed should be established as part of tightening legislation against racism”.

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