'This case is about equality': Joburg businessman ordered to pay R500 000 for K-word slurs

Court orders 'unrepentant' man to pay R500 000 for using the K-word

The Johannesburg High Court has ruled in favour of complainants who reported a business partner for the repeated use of a racial slur. Caleo Capital executives Garth Wellman and Emmanuel Amaning won their case against former business associate, Willem Ackerman. A third complainant and fellow Caleo Capital executive, Nicholas Liebmann, withdrew his complaint after alleging that Ackerman had made antisemitic remarks about his business motives. As …

'This case is about equality': Joburg businessman ordered to pay R500 000 for K-word slurs

The Equality Court sitting in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has ordered a half a million-rand costs order against a businessman after finding that he used the K-word multiple times during business discussions.