Few days after Penny Sparrow referred to Black South Africans as ‘monkeys, another white South African has written a racist post. Jeanine Soekoe Feirrera (pictured here with husband) in her post used words like “ugly face” “fraudulent” “lazy ass” to describe Blacks. Wait…did she say “match in here and take what is not yours?” If my history is correct, it was white people who matched in here and took what did not belong to them. See her post after the cut…
A series of social media posts have emerged, with many black citizens posting images of the apartheid regime’s separation of blacks from whites.
The ruling African National Congress (ANC) has criticized the remarks, claiming they are reminiscent of apartheid attitudes towards indigenous people and degrading black people as not deserving of using beaches in their country of birth.
A former employee, Sparrow, apologized for comparing black people with monkeys, stating that they don’t see it that way. Jawitz Estate Agency, her former employer, claims Sparrow’s comments have damaged the company’s reputation and is taking legal action against her. Chris Hart, a renowned economic analyst and Global Investment Strategist at Standard Bank Wealth and Investment, also took to Twitter with a racist post, claiming that victims are increasing and a sense of entitlement and hatred towards minorities is increasing.
He received a heavy backlash, with political analyst and broadcaster Eusebius Mckaiser calling on media houses to feature economists from more diverse backgrounds and with a range of economic viewpoints in 2016. Hart was later suspended pending an investigation.
