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Jul 25, 2019 · Former estate agent Penny Sparrow, who was found guilty of hate speech after taking to Facebook in which she likened black beachgoers to monkeys, died on Thursday, her family confirmed in a statement. Here are 5 quotes from her interview with News24 in June 2016.
Jan 4, 2016 · Durban - Embattled KwaZulu-Natal realtor Penny Sparrow, at the centre of a race-row that has gripped the country, has said that she was merely "stating the facts". She had taken to Facebook and described black beachgoers as "monkeys", in an apparent reaction to litter left behind after New Year’s celebrations.
Jul 26, 2019 · Image: Gallo Images. “The Penny Sparrow I knew brought everyday images to life on canvases she freely gave to anyone who wanted them.” When Penny Sparrow died of colon cancer on Thursday,...
- Penny Sparrow’s Racist Comment
- Conviction and Fine
- Life After Conviction: How Penny Sparrow Was Affected
Penny Sparrow took to Facebook to share her frustration on the state of the beach in Durban after the holiday. Beach-goers, said to be specifically Blacks in general; both South African blacks and from elsewhere, had horribly littered the coastline, making it a huge discomfort to other people, but most especially the environment. Here is what she w...
The African National Congress filed and followed up with the case against Penny Sparrow. She was eventually convicted in the Scottburgh Magistrate’s court in the town of Umzinto after she pleaded guilty to the charge of crimen injuria which is the unlawful or unintentional impairing of the dignity or privacy of another person. Magistrate Vincent Hl...
Penny Sparrow, who was also fined R150,000 by the Equality Court for her social media statement, said during an interview with a Magazine after her court case was completed that the case has taken a toll on her life. She started off by reiterating that she is not a racist, before saying that her punishment was too harsh and the repercussion of the ...
Jul 25, 2019 · Sparrow, a former KwaZulu-Natal estate agent, was convicted in the Scottburgh Magistrate’s Court for crimen injuria in relation to racist comments that she made in 2016 comparing black people...
- Zainul Dawood
Jan 26, 2016 · Penny Sparrow has gone from being an insignificant KwaZulu-Natal estate agent to a personification of the state of our nation. Crass racism, contestation for the country’s resources, class ...
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Jul 25, 2019 · Penny Sparrow, the former realtor who caused outrage in a Facebook post where she likened black beach-goers to “illiterate monkeys” and subsequently complained of unfair treatment at the...
