The Patriotic Alliance looked set to join the move against Gouws but will instead be showing solidarity with the SAHRC
The South African Human Rights Commission has signalled its intention to seek moral justice against newly sworn-in Member of Parliament Renaldo Gouws.
The Youtuber-turned-politician was suspended by the Democratic Alliance on Wednesday after a video from March 2010 resurfaced where the controversial commentator is heard using multiple racial slurs. The video and his subsequent suspension have prompted the SAHRC to approach the court which defends South Africans against discrimination.will today institute proceedings at the Equality Court in Gqeberha against Mr Renaldo Gouws, a Member of Parliament, for the alleged racial utterances relating to online media posts,” stated the Commission.
The SAHRC explained that that they had been contacted by enraged citizens on social media asking them to intervene in the matter. “Following assessment of the content, the Commission has concluded that utterances allegedly made by Mr Gouws constitute hate speech,” they said.) had earlier indicated that they would also be approaching the Equality Court but have chosen to leave it to the SAHRC., “In the light of this development, which the PA highly supports, we will not be taking any further action. We will however keep an eagle’s eye on how the case proceeds in the Equality Court.
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