After being caught hurling racist abuse at two travellers
at Cape Town International Airport‚ a PricewaterhouseCoopers Africa (PWC)
executive has parted ways with the auditing firm.
“PwC apologises unreservedly to the individuals involved in
this‚” the firm said in a tweet on Monday.
“What was experienced in no way represents the values of
the firm‚ nor the conduct we expect of each and every one of the members of PwC
South Africa.”
Videos were shared on social media of the incident‚ in
which the man embarks on a foul-mouthed rant to a mother and her daughter‚
continuously calling them “you people”.
Part of the rant can be heard in the audio clip shared
below.
Bulelani Ngcauzele said in a tweet that her mother had been
“profiled” by the man‚ who “came up to my mom drunk and swearing and going on
about how this country is so f****d because of ‘you people’”.
“He profiled my mom and continued to drunkenly throw racial
slurs at her.”
The 26-year-old tweeted that she thought PWC’s response to
the issue was “thin” and that “big corporations really be covering for racists
in 2019”.
A case of crimen injuria was opened against the disgraced
employee. PWC said that they had acted “decisively" in resolving the
matter.
“The employee involved in a racist incident at Cape Town
airport on Thursday evening has left the firm’s employ with immediate effect‚”
they said.
“As a firm we don’t tolerate racism and act decisively if
any employee is found to have transgressed our values and policies.”
I repeatedly asked him to leave us alone and step away and he wouldn’t. We called for security and nobody helped. They just looked on. An airline counter employee called the police who came to apprehend him and we have opened a case. @PwC is this what you stand for? pic.twitter.com/KteWdSaeuv— Bulz Ngcauzele (@Bulzlelani) 31 May 2019
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