Racists must be fired says Ndlozi on Black Motion, British Airways incident
EFF spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has slammed British Airways’ apology following an alleged racist incident involving Black Motion.
Mbuyiseni Ndlozi.
The ‘People’s Bae’, as he is also known, says those involved in the incident must be fired.
Black Motion duo, Thabo ‘Smol’ Mabogwane and Bongani ‘Murdah’ Mohosana, were escorted off a BA flight this week after they questioned why they were selected to be moved from business class to economy.
The award-winning musicians say they were told to change seats after a white woman in business class complained that her seat was broken.
“Black Motion happened to be the only two young black men in the British Airways business class… we are the victims of bad treatment. We were embarrassed,’ Smol said on Instagram.
The captain had Black Motion taken off the plane after the air hostess allegedly complained they were being “aggressive”.
British Airways has since apologised to the duo, and says it is investigating the incident.
But Mbuyiseni has dismissed the apology, and wants the airline to take serious action against the crew who allowed the incident to happen.
“It is way past 1994. Apology is absolutely irrelevant. There has to be recourse and racists must be fired from the job!” he tweeted.
It is way pass 1994. Apology is absolutely irrelevant. There has to be recourse and racists must be fired from the job! https://t.co/ZXTZ0AEBXG
— Mbuyiseni Ndlozi (@MbuyiseniNdlozi) December 6, 2017
The EFF issued a statement earlier this week, calling on Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) to suspend BA flights if a proper investigation was not conducted.
“We call on British Airways to institute an independent investigation into this situation, headed by an independent body or senior counsel. The captain, together with the crew must be placed under immediate suspension and face the full might of the law. Failure to do this ACSA must suspend all BA flights in our country. British Airways can go fly in its colonial and ever racist Britain (sic),” the party said in a statement.
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