Retired KwaZulu-Natal estate agent Penny Sparrow has been ordered to pay R150‚000 to the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation after being found guilty of hate speech.In his judgment‚ Equality Court magistrate Irfaan Khalil said the words posted by Sparrow on her Facebook page on January 3 constitute hate speech and were a serious affront to human dignity and black people in general.She has 60 days to comply with the judgment.Sparrow was also interdicted and restrained from publishing propagating‚ advocating or communicating hate speech in the future.African National Congress provincial secretary Super Zuma welcomed the judgment‚ saying it sent a clear message."Those who think they can make racist remarks won't get away. You can run away but you can't run away from the court."Sparrow‚ who caused an outcry on social media after calling black people “monkeys”‚ was a no show in the Equality Court in Scottburgh on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast on Friday. She went to ground immediately af...
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