A man is in hot water for saying black people smelled like President Jacob Zuma’s backside.
The ANC and the South African National Civic Organisation(SANCO) have called on the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to investigate racist comments allegedly posted by Sandton resident, Ben Sasonof, on Facebook.
Sasonof posted a picture of a packed Durban beachfront over the weekend, writing: “Eh eh Wena must have smelt like the inside of Zuma’s a**hole”.
SANCO National Spokesperson, Jabu Mahlangu, said: “We wish to condemn in the strongest terms possible the alleged provocative insults which seek to rekindle racial hatred and polarise our society.”
Mense immediately slammed Sasonof for his vuil remarks, but he was unrepentant, instead replying to one woman: “So f*** you and your bf. Go suck on Zuma’s dirty, tyrant a**hole if you love it so much”.
Sasonof also lashed out at one Mohammed Jameel Abdulla, saying: “ you’re a f***in little idiot! Every person you tagged there is a friend of mine from school! I dated a black girl you f***in idiot f***! Stupid Monkey bastard you!”
SANCO warned that unless the resurgence of racism is dealt with harshly and perpetrators faced the wrath of the law, it will sow seeds of conflicts that have the potential to undermine reconciliation, unity, nation-building and social cohesion.
“Vitriolic and barbaric comments of this nature have no place in the united, non-racial, non-sexist, equal, prosperous and democratic society we are striving to build,” said Mahlangu.
He said these comments reflect private conversations that are still taking place among those who are missing apartheid white privilege, domination and exclusive beaches for whites.
The ANC Youth League was expected to lay criminal charges against Sasonof yesterday.
Earlier this year, Penny Sparrow, a former KwaZulu-Natal estate agent, was charged with crimen injuria for comparing black people on a Durban beach over New Year’s to monkeys.
She delivered a teary apology in the Scottsburg Magistrates Court three months ago, where she pleaded guilty and vowed to work towards making South Africa “a better place to live in”