'It is hate speech irrespective of race': Black businessman guilty of using k-word to describe former friend

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Businessman guilty of using k-word to describe former friend Fani Titi

In the same text message Ngwenya told Patel “you will bleed” and that Titi “will see his mother”. Titi regarded this as a threat to his life since Ngwenya knew his mother had died.

Ngwenya had argued, through his legal counsel, that the k-word only became offensive when it was used by a white person to a black person.

 

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