The DA councillor made the remark during a special finance and governance committee sitting.councillor in Knysna, Sharon Sabbagh, has come under fire after allegedly referring to a council meeting as a “monkey circus.”Sabbagh lashed out at opposition parties after a ruckus broke out among councillors after trying to raise a point of order.
“The racist behaviour of referring and calling black people monkeys is not an isolated case, but both a structural and endemic phenomenon whose roots could be traced back to colonialism and later apartheid where black people were depicted in a negative light and their blackness portrayed as an aberration.to investigate Sabbagh with immediate effect. We will also lay a charge with the South African Police Service for Sabbagh to be arrested,” the red berets said.
The EFF said Sabbagh’s conduct has “provoked many black people causing crimen injuria in a deliberate attempt to undermine their dignity”.‘Finish what we started’ – Cilliers Brink to remain as City of Tshwane mayor
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