'This case is about equality': Joburg businessman ordered to pay R500 000 for K-word slurs

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'This case is about equality': Joburg businessman ordered to pay R500 000 for K-word slurs
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'This case is about equality': Joburg businessman ordered to pay R500 000 for K-word slurs

The Equality Court sitting in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has ordered a businessman to pay R500 000 to the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation after finding that he used the K-word multiple times during business discussions.

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