South Africa: Landmark ruling on racism at city club

In the first case heard since the Equality Court was set up last year, the owners of the club Sliver in Green Point acknowledged that racial discrimination lay behind the assault on a coloured man and his white partner after being refused entry to the gay club. After being refused an apology from the club or a change in its policy, the couple, from Bantry Bay, approached the South African Human Rights Commission last month and a complaint, one of the first, was lodged with the Equality Court.