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South Africa: Another Sport Official Utters the K-Word
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Cape Argus (Cape Town)
27 March 2008
Posted to the web 27 March 2008
Cape Town
The SA Human Rights Commission is investigating yet another high profile South African's use of the K-word in a public arena this week.
Sport and Recreation portfolio committee chairman Bhutana Komphela was reported to have used the term during a committee meeting in Parliament on Tuesday.
Komphela was lashing out at the lack of transformation in South African rugby where he said there were people in it who made life difficult for the new Springbok coach because they did not want to be led by "this k....r called (Peter) de Villiers".
Chairman of the commission Jody Kollapen told the Cape Argus this morning that he has asked their Cape Town office to look at the issue.
Kollapen said they were also looking at whether parliament had structures to deal with such an issue when one of their members used the term.
"Given its historical connotations, we encourage people not to use the word in a derogatory way."
Kollapen said the term was not banned in this country, but added that maybe South Africans should have a discussion to whether the term should be used at all or not.
"Secondly, Mr (Irvin) Khoza and now Mr Komphela used the term to make a political point, which then suggests to others that the use of the word can be acceptable.
"We are not saying his point is not a valid one... but now people are not talking about transformation in rugby. Instead they are discussing the use of the term," said Kollapen.
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Komphela could not be reached for comment on his reported use of the term because he was in meetings the whole day on Wednesday.
Last month, Fifa World Cup local organising committee chairman Irvin Khoza told a journalist to "stop thinking like a k....r".
"In the context in which I used it, it refers to dubious character and unreliability," Khoza later justified his use of the term, before apologising for it about two weeks later.
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