The man, who took to Facebook to call for the ‘cleansing’ of white people from South Africa, will face the Equality Court in a sitting in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
In a racist rant, Velaphi Khumalo called for white people to be imperiled to what ‘Hitler did to the Jews’.
Khumalo worked for the Gauteng government and the provincial Department of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation. The department distanced itself from him calling the post ‘barbaric’.
He was suspended with pay and subjected to a disciplinary hearing, where he was charged with misconduct.
A case of crimen injuria was opened against Khumalo and 19 complaints were lodged at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).
Justice Department suspends employees over racism
Recently, the Justice Department suspended two employees over allegations of racism towards a co-worker.
The two employees allegedly referred to their black supervisor as a monkey and a baboon on social media.
Spokesperson for the Department, Steve Mahlangu, says they only recently became aware of the Facebook statements, which were allegedly posted last year.
“Hence we are investigating as a department. As soon as we became aware of those allegations the department took the initiative to take that matter further so that we can root out the racism within the department. As the department, we strongly condemn the racism against one another. We are not going to tolerate racism issues as a department and as a country as a whole.”
First South African jailed over racism
Meanwhile, former real estate agent Vicki Momberg has indicated her intention to appeal against the three-year sentence that the Randburg Magistrate’s Court has imposed on her.
One year of the sentence has been suspended for three years on condition that she does not re-offend.
Momberg was found guilty of Crimen Injuria in November last year.
This followed her racist rant towards police officers who were trying to assist her after a smash-and-grab incident. Bystanders recorded the incident and it went viral.
Momberg is the first in South Africa to be jailed for using the k-word.
