South Africa Pub Blasted After Ban Of Unaccompanied Black Clients

06/12/2022

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A Cape Town pub drew knocks from the South African government and widespread condemnation on Tuesday after it allegedly barred a black man from entering its premises without a white escort.

The government urged the police to probe immediately the “appalling” and “racist incident”, which it said saw 25-year-old Thabiso Danca denied entry at Hank’s Olde Irish pub in Cape Town.

“It is horrifying and outrageous that the tendencies of apartheid South Africa keeps rearing its ugly head,” cabinet spokeswoman Phumla Williams said in a statement issued.

The incident occurred last week and emerged after a video went trended online showing a friend of Danca, Christopher Logan, who is white, confronting who appears to be the pub’s manager.

In it, Logan says Danca tried to enter the pub shortly after his friends during a night out in the touristic city, but was blocked by a bouncer who informed him that black patrons were admitted only if accompanied by a white person.

“You don’t have the right to discriminate in this country, it’s a crime,” Logan is heard saying.

The pub was closed on Tuesday. A note seen on the door described the accusations as “unfounded and unproven”, adding the owners and staff have received threats and were physically assaulted by the “primary individual” in the viral video.

06/12/2022

80 1 minute read