A MTHATHA man is facing crimen injuria charges after he allegedly called a teacher the k-word.
Benjamin Rudman is out on warning following his first court appearance in the Mthatha Magistrate’s court last Wednesday.
He is believed to own a butchery in the town but the Daily Dispatch was unable to contact him for comment.
National Prosecuting Authority spokesman in the Mthatha region Luxolo Tyali confirmed the case and said it had been postponed to April for further investigation .
Rudman is alleged to have called Zola Goso the k-word at the Savoy Total Garage after Goso’s car allegedly rolled into Rudman’s wife’s car in a parking lot on January 19.
Speaking to the Daily Dispatch yesterday, Goso said Rudman was not present at the time but was called to the scene.
On arrival, he allegedly asked Goso where he had gott his “f***ing licence”.
“I told him he was not a police officer and asked why he was asking me to give him my licence?
“But I later gave it to him and he inspected it,” said Goso.
Goso alleges Rudman then asked him to pay R150 for a broken number plate but claims it looked as if it had been damaged before the incident.
He alleges Rudman used the k-word when Goso referred to him as “my brother”.
Rudman is alleged to have replied: “I’m not your brother … do I look black to you k****r?”
Goso, an English and social science teacher at Lower Bholothwa Junior Secondary School in Ngqeleni, said it was the first time he had ever been called the k-word.
He said when he called Rudman “brother”, he meant it in the context of him being a fellow citizen.
“At the time I was in a hurry for a meeting so I didn’t talk to him that much. I just gave them the money and left. Later I laid the charges,” he said.
South African Human Rights Commission spokesman Isaac Mangena said they were not yet aware of the case and would not comment on it specifically.
“But as the commission it must emphasised that in view of the spirit and constitutional imperative of nation building, the commission condemns the use of any language which is undesirable in our constitutional democracy that is based on human dignity, and equality,” he said. —
Row erupts over ‘k-word remark’
Benjamin Rudman is out on warning following his first court appearance in the Mthatha Magistrate’s court last Wednesday.
He is believed to own a butchery in the town but the Daily Dispatch was unable to contact him for comment.
National Prosecuting Authority spokesman in the Mthatha region Luxolo Tyali confirmed the case and said it had been postponed to April for further investigation .
Rudman is alleged to have called Zola Goso the k-word at the Savoy Total Garage after Goso’s car allegedly rolled into Rudman’s wife’s car in a parking lot on January 19.
Speaking to the Daily Dispatch yesterday, Goso said Rudman was not present at the time but was called to the scene.
On arrival, he allegedly asked Goso where he had gott his “f***ing licence”.
“I told him he was not a police officer and asked why he was asking me to give him my licence?
“But I later gave it to him and he inspected it,” said Goso.
Goso alleges Rudman then asked him to pay R150 for a broken number plate but claims it looked as if it had been damaged before the incident.
He alleges Rudman used the k-word when Goso referred to him as “my brother”.
Rudman is alleged to have replied: “I’m not your brother … do I look black to you k****r?”
Goso, an English and social science teacher at Lower Bholothwa Junior Secondary School in Ngqeleni, said it was the first time he had ever been called the k-word.
He said when he called Rudman “brother”, he meant it in the context of him being a fellow citizen.
“At the time I was in a hurry for a meeting so I didn’t talk to him that much. I just gave them the money and left. Later I laid the charges,” he said.
South African Human Rights Commission spokesman Isaac Mangena said they were not yet aware of the case and would not comment on it specifically.
“But as the commission it must emphasised that in view of the spirit and constitutional imperative of nation building, the commission condemns the use of any language which is undesirable in our constitutional democracy that is based on human dignity, and equality,” he said. —
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