{"id":4520,"date":"2015-10-27T05:18:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T03:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/?p=4520"},"modified":"2015-10-27T05:18:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T03:18:48","slug":"oudtshoorn-official-facing-racism-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/27\/oudtshoorn-official-facing-racism-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Oudtshoorn official facing racism probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4522\" src=\"http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12-290x218.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12-290x218.jpg 290w, http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/>Cape Town &#8211; The Oudtshoorn Municipality has opened an investigation into a racial slur allegedly made by a senior official on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The hate speech, allegedly made by Vuyiswa Bhefile Ka Hlazo on Facebook, says: \u201cYou know I can\u2019t wait for the day the majority of this country would say \u2018we have tolerated enough your white s*** racist tendencies. This is our country and I pray my Ancestors must let me leave to experience that day. I will with no mercy cut their tongue out with a machete and I will enjoy to hear them begging for forgiveness and watch them cross the boarders with their belongings. We have tolerated enough and I really dream about the coming of such a day and hour my ancestors will spare me to see such a day (sic).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hlazo\u2019s Facebook profile says he is a \u201cmanager\u201d at the municipality. Spokesperson Ntobeko Mangqwengqwe confirmed that the man is a municipal official.<\/p>\n<p>Oudtshoorn administrator Kam Chetty said they were busy \u201cauthenticating\u201d the author of the post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe view the contents of the comment made seriously and upon authenticating the author of this message we will follow internal disciplinary procedures accordingly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the municipality does not share the sentiments expressed by the author of the message and should investigations confirm the statement was issued by a municipal official, the municipality would take disciplinary action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur constitution is clear, that South Africa, and the greater Oudtshoorn, belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity. The most effective way to counter such statements is to reinforce the values of democracy and human rights that it threatens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Oudtshoorn Municipality\u2019s vision emphasises the importance of social cohesion, tolerance, human rights, equality and justice. We all &#8211; councillors, staff, community organisations, business leaders, the media and other public figures &#8211; have a particular responsibility in this regard to ensure that we promote these values to build a democratic, inclusive, sustainable and prosperous Oudtshoorn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/news\/politics\/oudtshoorn-official-facing-racism-probe-1.1936102#.Vi7oadIrIps\" target=\"_blank\">Cape Argus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4518\" src=\"http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Skermgrepe-van-die-FB-inskrywings-1.jpg\" alt=\"Skermgrepe van die FB-inskrywings (1)\" width=\"432\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Skermgrepe-van-die-FB-inskrywings-1.jpg 432w, http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Skermgrepe-van-die-FB-inskrywings-1-290x516.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4517\" src=\"http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Skermgrepe-van-die-FB-inskrywings-2.jpg\" alt=\"Skermgrepe van die FB-inskrywings (2)\" width=\"432\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Skermgrepe-van-die-FB-inskrywings-2.jpg 432w, http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Skermgrepe-van-die-FB-inskrywings-2-290x516.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Oudtshoorn%20official%20facing%20racism%20probe\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town &#8211; The Oudtshoorn Municipality has opened an investigation into a racial slur allegedly made by a senior official on social media. The hate speech, allegedly made by Vuyiswa Bhefile Ka Hlazo on Facebook, says: \u201cYou know I can\u2019t wait for the day the majority of this country would say \u2018we have tolerated enough [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-4520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4520"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4523,"href":"http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4520\/revisions\/4523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegremlin.co.za\/oudtshoorn-news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}