Randburg regional magistrate Hleziphe Nkasibe said Catzavelos, a married father of three minor children, had lost employment as a result of this incident.
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Johannesburg businessman Adam Catzavelos was on Friday sentenced to a R50,000 fine or two years in prison, wholly suspended for five years, for crimen injuria in connection with using the k-word on social media while in Greece. Catzavelos shot to fame after he filmed himself referring to black people using the k-word during a holiday in Greece in December 2018. In it, he rejoiced about there not being a single “k****r in sight” on the beach.
Catzavelos pleaded guilty to, and was convicted of, crimen injuria for the racist rant. He admitted in his plea to using the offensive word and conceded that it impaired the dignity of others.In mitigation of sentence, he testified he had become a “better” person since doing community service at the Seth Mazibuko Foundation in Soweto, where he had reportedly completed 100 hours of community service.
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