BackaBuddy says the Renaldo Gouws campaign didn't follow its terms and conditions and donors will be suspended.
The now suspended DA MP faces a fight in the Equality Court from the South African Human Rights Commission .
This because an old video featuring Gouws using racial slurs emerged online forcing the DA to take action. Gouws claimed he had no knowledge of the video and would never have the slurs, suggesting that perhaps the video had been With the promise of a legal battle with the Human Rights Commission coming, some of Gouws’ supporters decided to collect funds for him via BackaBuddy. The creator of the campaign, a person going by Matthew Dickson, said they’d be collecting funds for Gouws’ legal battle and set a goal of R100 000.
“Our platform’s policies enable campaigns to launch immediately. Once a campaign is live, the vetting and validation of a campaign begins when funds start to be received,” the CEO explained.
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