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The South African Human Rights Commission’s litigation against Renaldo Gouws will go ahead in the Gqeberha High Court on Thursday.
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Chair of the Press Council’s Appeals Panel Judge Bernard Ngoepe said IOL’s appeal would have ‘reasonable prospects of success’.
The Press Council of South Africa has granted IOL leave to appeal a ruling in relation to the publication’s reportage of politician Renaldo Gouws’ racist utterances, which led to his expulsion from the Democratic Alliance.
Former UCT Vice-Chancellor Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng faces backlash after expressing excitement for Chris Brown’s upcoming concert in Johannesburg.
The colourful academic and scientist, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng shared happily that she was looking forward to seeing Chris Brown live, but controversial musician The Kiffness, tried quickly to burst her bubble.
Former DA MP Renaldo Gouws plans to expose his disciplinary ordeal in a video, challenging the party’s decision-making process.
Renaldo Gouws has apologised to Gayton McKenzie for judging him in the past, but social media had a field day heaping scorn on the fired DA politician.
If Renaldo Gouws is a different person now to the person he was ten years ago, as his social media post claims, I want him to point out to me the Damascus moment that made him overcome his racism, writes IOL Editor Lance Witten.
COSATU welcomes the DA’s action against hate speech, urging continued vigilance to uphold non-racial values in South Africa.
X users were quick to pounce on Renaldo Gouws’ claims that there was a vendetta against him.
Gouws said he would be exploring all legal and ethical options available to challenge the decision and clear his name.
IOL broke the story on how Gouws shared a now deleted video on social media where he could be heard repeatedly saying the K and N word.
Political analyst Jamie Mighti says Democratic Alliance MP Renaldo Gouws isn’t ready to say sorry for what he said in a controversial video where he used the K-word and N-word.
Before bringing in Cabanac, the party was hit by another controversy over one of its members - Renaldo Gouws, who, like Cabanac, stands accused of making racist remarks online. Gouws has since apologised but remains suspended from the party pending an investigation.
IOL will appeal a ruling by the Press Council over its reporting on DA MP Renaldo Gouws’s rant in a now deleted YouTube video.
The DA has faced controversy over Renaldo Gouws after he was sworn in as a member of Parliament earlier this year.
Steenhuisen personally approached Cabanac, who is well-known for his podcast Morning Shot and his unsuccessful 2019 campaign for the Capitalist Party of SA.
The DA initially came to his defence, saying his suspension wouldn’t stop him from fulfilling his duties as an MP.
The DA came to his defence, saying his suspension won’t stop him from fulfilling his duties as an MP.
The party's chief whip in Parliament, George Michalakis, said the party has the power to suspend members from party political duties, which they have done in Gouws’ case and this is still in place.
OPINION: The exposure and the unmasking of the sock puppet is a great development and great news for media freedom in the country, writes Edmond Phiri.
Backabuddy CEO Patrick Schofield told IOL that the fundraising campaign in support of Gouws had been under active discussion throughout the day on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, there’s a counter-petition started by Umhlaba Wethu on Change. org to protect Mngxitama from what they describe as ‘persecution by racists’.
It is a lazy and dangerous argument that attempts to normalise the use of offensive and hurtful language.