We can’t play down Gouws’s gross racism
Some commentators say outrage about the DA MP is much ado about nothing — but South Africans must oppose this scourge whenever it raises its head
30 June 2024 - 00:00
In the wake of videos of DA MP Renaldo Gouws using racial slurs against black people, and being charged by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) for hate speech, debate has erupted about what this means for our quest towards social cohesion. Responses included interesting insights into what some people believe racism, and for that matter social cohesion, to be...
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