'Racist reported to SAHRC
Fired from family food business
THE DA has reported Adam Catzavelos to the South African Human Rights Commission for using racist remarks in a video which has gone viral on social media. The EFF was also expected to open criminal charges at a Johannesburg police station yesterday.
DA Youth, along with popular Twitterati lawyer Tumi Sole, said they had approached the SAHRC.
Catzavelos, 40, whose family owns StGeorge’s Fine Foods, was on holiday in Greece, giving an update from a beach. He has since been fired.
“Let me give you a weather forecast here; blue skies, beautiful day, amazing sea and not one k **** r in sight,” he said in the video, using a derogatory term for black people used during apartheid rule. “F **** ng heaven on earth,” he added. DA Youth leader Luyolo Mphiti said: “We trust that the SAHRC will investigate this matter and hold Catzavelos accountable for his vile comments. He has offended the dignity and human rights of all South Africans, and it is the likes of Catzavelos who seek to divide our society, who must be actively called out at every turn. It is our collective responsibility to end racism wherever it arises.
“He, and all those who espouse his views, have no place in a united South Africa,” Mphiti said.
Sole has also lodged a complaint on the SAHRC website against Catzavelos.
“The next step is for civil action and the money, if successful, will go towards students who need to settle their student debt or registration using #Country Duty,” he said on Twitter.
Catzavelos may also face criminal charges as the EFF’s Gauteng branch planned to open a case against him at the Bramley police station late yesterday.
EFF Gauteng chair Mandisa Mashego, said: “EFF Gauteng will be opening a criminal case of racism against an entitled settler called Adam Catzavelos who defiled Africans by name-calling.”