Judgment reserved in Herman Mashaba’s defamation case against Parks Tau
Mashaba approached the court to force his predecessor, Parks Tau, to apologise for accusing him of being sexist and racist
Judgment has been reserved in Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba's defamation case against his predecessor. Mashaba approached the courts to force his predecessor, Parks Tau, to apologise for accusing him of being sexist and racist. This after Tau, at the funeral of Nonhlanhla Mthembu in October 2016, said Mashaba had no respect for women. Mthembu had collapsed and died during the inaugural council meeting of the City of Johannesburg, in which a speaker and a mayor were supposed to be elected.
"The City of Johannesburg is today led by a man who believes that the women who are senior executives prostituted themselves to be in the jobs they are in. He says that in fact for them to earn the positions that they are in they had to sleep with the leadership. "We have heard views from the mayor, Herman Mashaba, who says that in fact if it were up to him he would not want to be black," Tau said...
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