Protesters marched to Cape Town's equality court to voice their frustration with South African banks, which they say are racist.
is pursuing its case against eight South African banks who have frozen the group's accounts, after allegations of impropriety at the Public Investment Corporation came to light during a commission of inquiry.and others in the asset manager’s multibillion-rand deals.
“The continuous racial profiling that seeks to undermine nonracialism in this country,” says Bongikhaya Qhama, provincial chairperson of the South African National Civic Organisation . “The closure of the Sekunjalo bank account is one — but one — of many cases and it is not necessarily the owners who will be hit hard but families who are going to suffer,” he says.
Over 200 supporters of the Sekunjalo group have gathered outside of the Western Cape High Court where the Equality Court is hearing a complaint of racial discrimination against Netbank.
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