Woman’s racist tirade may be referred to Equality Court
THE Human Rights Commission is set to send a letter of demand to Belinda Magor, and failure to respond may see the matter sent to the Equality Court.
This follows racial utterances made by Magor who in a message on a Whatsapp group said black women’s uteruses and ovaries should be removed.
The commission’s Andre Gaum said they are in possession of the voice note and its “horrific and deplorable content”.
“The commission’s Gauteng office will send a letter of demand to the respondent. At this point it is not an investigation, we will send the letter of demand and if the demands are not met, the next step will be the Equality Court.”
Gaum said the letter was still being formulated.
In the clip, Magor says: “Estella/stella, I agree with you wholeheartedly. What I say is ban the black man. They rape, they steal, they kill, worse than any pit bull could, and they get away with it. Ban those that are making the laws, ban Ekurhuleni, ban the black man.
“Get all the black women and cut out their uteruses and their ovaries (so) that they cannot procreate because they will all turn out the same because they all (are) the same.
“I’m very passionate about this. Ban them, kill them, shoot them.
Get rid of them because they are the problem. Not pit bulls, not animals.
“Animals are beautiful, and they deserve a warm bed, food, love and attention and everything else. God created those animals. Who created the black man. Do you think God? I don’t think so,” she said.
In an interview Magor responded by saying she was not a racist and was practising her freedom of speech. She said, “If we’re living in a democracy, why am I not allowed freedom of speech, hypothetically? Who can do anything about that if you have no proof, you only have screenshots, you don’t have the voice note?
“Whoever said that, that was terrible, and I do believe hypothetically that that person did apologise. I do believe, hypothetically, that that person carries their own shame.”
Magor added that she was in fact kind, especially to black people.
When she was asked why she did it, Magor blamed her diabetes, saying that when one’s sugar is “out of whack” thinking can be unclear and there is a lack of focus.
The Sizwe Kupelo Foundation, that started the petition to ban pit bulls, called the woman an embarrassment to her peers after the voice note went viral.
The foundation described the voice note as unfortunate and not having a place in SA, and added it wouldn’t take the matter further as the South African Human Rights Commission was looking into it.
The foundation started a petition to ban pit bulls following a spate of maulings in recent months. It has already amassed over 120 000 signatures calling for the power breed to be banned. It will be handed over to the ministers of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Health and Police, as well as the Presidency.
Late yesterday Azapo deputy president Kekeletso Khena recorded a video from the Krugersdorp police station where she said they were there to open a case “against the white racist woman in the petition above”.