K-WORD: Private conversation is no shield for racist language such as the k-word, SCA rules
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The Supreme Court of Appeal has made an important ruling on racist language used in private, finding that even conversations between white people can amount to hate speech. As such, it upheld a R500,000 order against a businessman over h…
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