Former real estate agent Vicki Momberg has been denied bail in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in the north of Johannesburg.
Momberg was earlier sentenced to three years imprisonment, with one year suspended for three years, should she not re-offend in terms of crimen injura.
Meanwhile, Professor Melissa Steyn, from the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies has described Momberg’s sentencing as a landmark achievement.
It follows Momberg’s 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 has become the first in South Africa to be given a prison sentence for crimen injuria.
Steyn explains, “It is a very important landmark that we have achieved in South Africa because we are indicating that racism will be dealt with and our country is not going to tolerate that.”
“I think it’s really important for what it says to ordinary citizens about the dignity of other people and the way we have to engage with each other and it sends an important message to parents in the country that we have to socialise our children,” adds Steyn.
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