A Cape Town man has been left shocked after a realtor rejected his inquiry about an apartment because of his race.
Cape Town: A Cape Town real estate company immediately suspended one of its realtors, after she rejected a query by a potential client, due to racial discrimination.
“I spoke to her on Monday afternoon. As a person of colour, you often hear stories about this when seeking places. I thought to myself, whatever happens, happens, and I sent her a message about my inquiry,” he said. Osei said the listing for the property was under Tyson Properties and a few people from the company had contacted him, telling him Johnson no longer worked there.
“It is all a little bit grey as to who or what she represented. But, at the end, it doesn’t matter – she said what she said.Miller expressed his shock and disgust in a statement regarding the incident. “We have reached out to Gabriella's previous agency and we are working on expanding guidelines for other estate agents to also implement, in order to prevent anything like this from ever happening again,” Miller said.“I wish to apologise unreservedly for acceding to my clients demand not to accept black tenants to rent their property.
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