Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Question 4: two relevent articles

Article1; Twitter erupts after KZN estate agent calls black people monkeys.

A social media storm is brewing with the epicentre over a KwaZulu Natal South coast estate agent who called New years day beachgoers monkeys. Penny sparrow had made made the inflammatory post on facebook which promted a mass-reaction on social networking sites.

In her post the wrote : These monkeys that are allowed to be release on New years- eve and New Years- day on the public beaches- towns etc obviously have no education what so ever so allow them to loose is inviting huge dirt and troubles and discomfort to others

From now on i shall adress the blacks of south  Africa as monkeys as i see the cute litttle wild monkeys do the same. pick and drop litter "Sparrow added"

Article by:  (Jeff Wicks-04  Jan  2016  08:50)

Article 2: Standard Banks Chris Hart resigns

Standard Bank on Monday announced that prominent economist Chris Hart, who earlier  this year had been at centre of a storm around tweets deemed racist had left the banks

Standards Bank spokesperson Ross Linstorm confirmed that Hart "an investment strategist at Standard Bank wealth and investment has reisgned and has left the employ of the bank."

Early January the bank had suspended Hart, over a controversal tweet which read: More than 25 years after Apartheid ended, the victims are increasing along with a sense of entitlement  and hatred tyowards minortties.
This tweets has caused offense-never intended for which apologize whole neartedly. Meant to be read in context of slow growth

Article by: (Agency 15 March 2016 07:40)

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