Collen Maine faces hate speech complaint over Gordhan jibe
The ANC Youth League president called the finance minister an ‘impimpi’, in President Jacob Zuma’s presence
ANC Youth League President Collen Maine will face a hate speech complaint against him at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) over his comments about Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan at the weekend. Maine described Gordhan as an "impimpi" (a spy), adding that "something had to be done about" him at the youth league’s KwaZulu-Natal conference at the weekend, in President Jacob Zuma’s presence. Civil society has raised concern about describing Gordhan as an "impimpi" as the term is associated with assassinations, necklacing and other violent acts during the liberation struggle and the fight against apartheid. Johannesburg Against Injustice (JAI) — whose members are political, civic and youth activists from the 1970s and 1980s — said on Wednesday that it was consulting its legal team to lay a hate speech complaint against Maine with the SAHRC. It plans to finalise the complaint in the next 48 hours. "It is wholly unacceptable that people resort to character assassination an...
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