Cyril’s racist ranter stays behind bars

Convicted fraudster and racist-rant accused Kessie Nair, 60, will remain behind bars with judgment yesterday for his bail bid reserved in the Verulam magistrate’s court after his arrest last month.

Nair – who served six years in prison for corruption – has been charged with seven counts of crimen injuria and two counts of incitement for his widely circulated rant on social media. In the video, he called for President Cyril Ramaphosa to be charged for “defrauding this nation‚ for oppressing this nation‚ for high treason‚ for being the source [of] all crime and violence and poor healthcare and poverty in this socalled true democracy”.

Yesterday, an affidavit by Nair was read into the record in which he denounced his criminal prosecution‚ insisting it was a waste of time and the charge against him so banal that it was equivalent to urinating in public.

He also took a swipe at investigating officer‚ calling him a “sangoma psychiatrist”.

“He‚ [Ajith] Lutchman‚ is a police officer who is claiming to be a psychiatrist as he claims I am a danger to myself as well as my family. This sangoma psychiatrist must indicate to the court what mental condition I suffer from ...”

He said his prosecution was just to please Ramaphosa and by so doing‚ the police and the prosecutor in the matter were furthering their careers.

Last week the court heard he had ostensibly been cast out by his family.

His brother said Nair was not welcome in his home‚ and was also estranged from his wife and children. His sanity was also called into question‚ with his family also supporting a state application to send him for a mental evaluation.