South Africa’s Human Rights Commission is investigating Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie over resurfaced social media posts in which he used one of the country’s most offensive racial slurs. The posts, made between 2011 and 2017, emerged shortly after McKenzie’s Patriotic Alliance filed its own racism complaint against a podcast that mocked Coloured people, the community from which the party draws most of its support. McKenzie has apologized, calling his comments “stupid and hurtful.” However, he denies being racist, framing the incident as a political attack. The controversy has reignited debate over racism, identity, and the enduring legacies of apartheid, underscoring how South Africa continues to grapple with divisions rooted in decades of racial hierarchy.
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