WATCH: Welkom mayor apologises for ‘boesman’ remark

In the video, Speelman uses the word “boesman” to describe people who violate lockdown rules and go out when they shouldn’t.“I want to apologise for a statement I made yesterday,” said Speelman in the video.

“It was not undermining you – it was just out of [a] mistake. So I want to apologise to everybody from Bronville, in particular the coloured people.” He said: “I was not saying it in a bad spirit; it was just a slip of the tongue – to say that these people are giving us a problem… I am humble, [I] feel so sorry for what I have said.”

It's hard to be coloured in this country, especially in dead former mining town. I won't be surprised if there's no consequences for the Mayor. Eusebius EdKieswetter acfick72

'it was just a slip of the tongue – to say that these people are giving us a problem…' MYANC PresidencyZA so certain people are associate with trouble through racial profiling? racist hrw SAHRCommission

Where is thos Useless HRC when police and soldiers violate other people rights

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