The incident has sparked fierce debate on social media and on Thursday afternoon Afternoon Express presenter Bonnie Mbuli stepped in to give her thoughts on the matter.
In a series of postsâ she claimed the city was trying to parade an image of âwhite hegemonic paradiseâ to attract tourism.
âAs a tourist attractionâ Cape Town wants to be able to parade as a âwhite hegemonic paradiseâ where folk like Adam Catsavelos can take selfies on the beach and claim there are no (k-word) in sightâ probably part of the City of Cape Townâs scramble to recover their tourism deficit caused by droughtâ.
She said that even a denial by the city would not fix the perception that they were against people of colour going to certain beaches.
âEven if the City of Cape Town walks this back and releases a statement denying their involvementâ they know the damage is done. The message is spreading and the die is castâ that if youâre a person of colourâ you will not be allowed on the beach. If anythingâ it has worked as an intimidation tactic.â
Bonnie said the situation was a mess and an attempt to separate people.
Bonnie Mbuli slams Clifton Beach 'racial' incident
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Bonnie Mbuli has added her voice to the outcry over an alleged "racial" incident at Clifton 4th Beach in the Western Cape recently.
Fatima Shabodien and ANC Western Cape provincial secretary Faiez Jacobs and his family were among those booted off the beach this week by a private security company. They were allegedly also told that the beach was closed.
A #FeesMustFall branch in the Western Cape saw it as a racial incident and have called for âall self-respecting to descend to Clifton 4th Beach on Fridayâ to âreclaim our beaches from racistsâ.
The security company said it was helping the city reinforce safety and control after an alleged attempted rape on the beachâ but the City of Cape Town has distanced itself from the company.
The incident has sparked fierce debate on social media and on Thursday afternoon Afternoon Express presenter Bonnie Mbuli stepped in to give her thoughts on the matter.
In a series of postsâ she claimed the city was trying to parade an image of âwhite hegemonic paradiseâ to attract tourism.
âAs a tourist attractionâ Cape Town wants to be able to parade as a âwhite hegemonic paradiseâ where folk like Adam Catsavelos can take selfies on the beach and claim there are no (k-word) in sightâ probably part of the City of Cape Townâs scramble to recover their tourism deficit caused by droughtâ.
She said that even a denial by the city would not fix the perception that they were against people of colour going to certain beaches.
âEven if the City of Cape Town walks this back and releases a statement denying their involvementâ they know the damage is done. The message is spreading and the die is castâ that if youâre a person of colourâ you will not be allowed on the beach. If anythingâ it has worked as an intimidation tactic.â
Bonnie said the situation was a mess and an attempt to separate people.
Her anger was shared by 5FM DJ Rob Forbes who claimed the city was âtone deafâ.
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