It is not yet clear whether the Sun City security company employee fired over the playing of a CD containing racist lyrics will also be charged with crimen injuria, North West police said on Thursday.
Superintendent Lesego Metsi said it is also not clear whether Falcon Security CEO Ben Burger, who said he had nothing to do with the playing of the CD, will have charges against him withdrawn.
He was arrested at a Sun International staff party after police received complaints that a CD was played from the company’s stand ”containing remixed lyrics of the national anthem”, which called former president Nelson Mandela a ”kaffir”.
”It has come to light that one of the company’s employees … placed a personal CD next to the sound system where it was inadvertently played for about 15 seconds by Falcon Security,” the security company said in a statement.
Burger said the employee had said he was the owner of the CD and had left it on the table to be played. He was fired on Wednesday.
Burger said he was arrested in the heat of the moment — he was not at the stand at the time — and said he was considering legal action over the ”tarnishing” of his name.
Burger is expected to return to court in Mogwase for the matter on December 11. — Sapa