Hate Speech

This incident took place at the Pick 'n Pay Family Store in Van Riebeeck Park, Kempton Park at 10:20 this morning. The cashier who performed my transaction was: Thandiwe Baloyi.

I had completed my shopping and was at the till checking out, when a female customer came up behind me and proceeded to place her two items in amongst my items and then continued to stand, physically, in contact with myself. I made a request for her to please move back as I felt that my personal space had been invaded and that I was being made to feel especially uncomfortable.

She then began to raise her voice and made a number of ****phobic and religious statements which would certainly amount to hate speech. I attempted to subdue and calm the situation, continuing and completing my transaction. Due to the comments, she was making, the security approached and asked us to leave the store, I agreed, requesting if I might be able to speak to the store manager so that I could formally report the incident. However, I was told that that would not be possible as the manager was busy at the time.

I would like to request a copy of the CCTV footage, as I know the store makes use of this media for security reasons, as I would like to submit it to my lawyers in order to consider laying a case against the lady involved.