Elaine Jacobs. Picture: Facebook.
A former nurse at Life Anncron hospital in Klerskdorp is the latest to gain notoriety for her use of the k-word, after she sent a post to a woman chastising her for “looking like a Kardashian” and “going out with k*****s”.
The messages were sent by Elaine Jacobs, who lists her occupation as a nurse at Anncron Hospital, to Larochelle Smit, who says on LinkedIn that she is in sales, distribution, logistics, and exports, but also has a large following on Instagram and Facebook, posting glamour shots that Jacobs likened to pictures of the Kardashian sisters, as well as a few of her with her black boyfriend.
According to Jacobs, this is not the way a “boere SA meisie”, or good Afrikaner woman, should behave.
The messages, written in Afrikaans, can be read below:
Life Healthcare’s official Twitter account initially responded with what appeared to be a generic message.
They have since released a statement stating that Jacobs is not in fact currently employed by Life Healthcare. Jacobs has apparently not worked at the hospital in Klerksdorp since October 2017 and hasn’t updated her Facebook page.
The hospital chain says they take “racial hate speech very seriously” and will make sure that Jacobs does not work at any Life Healthcare hospitals in future.
The outrage of those on Twitter, meanwhile, continues.
Recent events have proven that the word widely considered the most offensive racial slur in South Africa is still used. Many cases of the word causing outrage have been reported in 2018.
These include:
Last year, Vicki Momberg became the first person to be jailed for using the term after saying it 48 times when dealing with a black policeman who was trying to help her after a smash-and-grab incident.
Momberg was sentenced to an effective two years for crimen injuria due to the incident, but she has since been granted leave to appeal her sentence and is out on bail.
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