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South Africa’s Human Rights Commission says it has identified the person behind the controversial “Tracy Zille” Twitter account, and is likely to file a hate speech case in the Equality Court case early next week.
Speaking with journalist Joanne Joseph on Radio 702 on Thursday, SAHRC Commissioner Chris Nissen said the district attorney had filed a complaint about the account, which shares the same last name as former party leader Helen Zille.
He said the commission used a “tracking agency ”to find out who was behind the account.
“Finally, through our agency, we were able to obtain the person’s name and also sufficient evidence in terms of what may constitute hate speech and racism. There are a number of other things in it, but we prefer to keep it in hate speech, “he said.
Nissen said Joseph said he was unable to publicly reveal the identity of the individual until some legal proceedings had been developed.
“We have already prepared the documentation to go to the Equality Court. We would love to do it tomorrow [Friday]but due to time and the fact that we need more work, it will probably be next week.
“We cannot confirm or deny the name of the person until we inform him, which will be in the next 24 hours,” he said.
When asked about the content of the account and its posts, Nissen said: “We don’t know if he’s politically motivated or if the person has a grudge or whatever. We only look at it from the point of view of the evidence before us. We would have loved to go to court tomorrow … but we will probably be in court on Monday or Tuesday. “
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