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SAHRC Commissioner Chris Nissen said they had sufficient evidence of hate speech and the matter would be referred to the Equality Court.
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC). Image: www.sahrc.org.za
JOHANNESBURG – The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has tracked down the individual responsible for a controversial Twitter account by the name of ‘Tracy Zille’.
The account, with 48,000 followers, is known for its controversial and race-provoking tweets.
SAHRC Commissioner Chris Nissen said they had sufficient evidence of hate speech and the matter would be referred to the Equality Court.
“What happened was that we received a complaint, we investigated the complaint, we used a tracking agency to try to find out who is the owner of the Twitter posts and finally, through our agency, we managed to obtain the name of the person and sufficient evidence. of what may constitute hate speech and racism. There are a number of other things about it, but we prefer to limit it to hate speech.
“The evidence we have, we have prepared the papers and now we will go to the Equality Court where then we will ask the court to prepare a date and time for it.”
The commission said it could neither confirm nor deny the person’s name until it was informed of the charge.
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