Public protector’s Kevin Malunga joins fray in Vanessa Hartley race row
Deputy public protector Kevin Malunga says that if he was an advocate in private practice he would refuse to represent an accused in a racism row. Commenting on the uproar over Facebook remarks by Vanessa Hartley about black people in Cape Town’s Hout Bay, he suggested racists should leave SA to join the extremist Ku Klux Klan in the US. "Cab-rank rule is the obligation of a lawyer to accept any work in a field in which they practice. I would refuse to represent #vanessahartley‚" Malunga tweeted. "I battled when I studied US constitutional law with the notion that KKK has 1st amendment rights. Maybe #vanessahartley should go there." He stuck to his view‚ even when asked by a follower‚ "But what if‚ upon being apprised of the facts (ie after accepting brief) you discover she was excessively drunk?" "A drunk racist is still a racist, my friend‚" Malunga responded. After the initial outcry at the weekend‚ Hartley had posted a public apology on her timeline‚ saying: "I would like to apo...
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