A racially divisive notice, which called for “non-whites” to use a separate toilet at Port Elizabeth’s Kuyga Community Hall, has infuriated residents, who are demanding answers from their Ward 40 councillor, Jason Grobbelaar.
The mysterious notice pasted on the front door of the hall, which Grobbelaar and his staff deny erecting, was discovered on Wednesday by temporary government workers employed through the Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP).
The notice, stuck on the inside of the door, reads: “Down stairs tiolets for non-whites or if you black wearing EPWP overall – By order councillor’s office.”
Grobbelaar and his staff denied putting up the notice, saying they were being sabotaged.
EPWP worker Joyce Sanusi, 47, left, confronts DA Ward 40 councillor Jason Grobbelaar at the Kuyga Community Hall. Picture: Eugene Coetzee
DA chief whip Werner Senekal said he believed the ANC was behind the debacle as it was battling to accept it had lost the ward to the DA in last month’s polls.
The ANC denies involvement.
The EPWP workers claimed the notice had been put up after three of them were allegedly barred from using the toilet next to Grobbelaar’s office the previous day.
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