Commission for Gender Equality suspends Mbuyiselo Botha for derogatory albino comment
The Commission for Gender Equality has placed Mbuyiselo Botha on precautionary suspension for making derogatory comments towards a colleague.
This comes after Botha, a commissioner at CGE, allegedly made unsavoury comments about Nomasonto Mazibuko during a plenary session last month.
In the session, Botha calls Mazibuko an albino.
The gender activist’s comments rocked the Chapter 9 institution, prompting Mazibuko to lodge a formal complaint.
The commission’s chairperson Tamara Mathebula has since apologised to the albino community.
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“Currently the matter is sub judice pending the investigation but I want to put it on record that commissioner Botha has been put on precautionary suspension pending the internal processes.
Mathebula admits the comments are a setback in the commission’s fight for equality.
“As a commission we hang our head in shame and we regret what happened and strongly condemn any demeaning and discriminatory utterances in any person of any nature,” Mathebula adds.
“The Commission is mandated to safeguard human rights and ensure gender equality in the South African society. The Commission is charged with the responsibility of promoting and advancing the rights of and respect for the dignity of all people.”
