The ANC has declined to lead a complaint of racism against Rajesh Gupta for allegedly "referring to his employees as monkeys and causing them much distress". Neeshan Balton‚ the executive director of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation‚ said on Friday: "The ANC has indicated that they won’t support this case." The foundation and Lawyers for Human Rights approached the ANC last week to lead a case of racism against Gupta at the South African Human Rights Commission (HRC). They asked whether the ANC would be either the sole complainant or lodge the complaint jointly with them. The ANC led the case against former estate agent Penny Sparrow at the Equality Court for a similar racist attack. She had compared black people at the beach to monkeys on Facebook. Sparrow was found guilty. In a letter to the ANC requesting their support‚ the foundation and Lawyer for Human Rights wrote: "The ANC has taken highly commendable leadership of previous similar cases…. As you recall‚ the ANC was the complai...
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