DA welcomes Dawie Kriel’s guilty plea

The DA in KwaZulu-Natal welcomes the guilty plea by Dawie Kriel when he appeared in the Durban Magistrates Court today.

The DA had laid a charges of crimen injuria against Dawie Kriel early this month following racist and hurtful comments he made on a Facebook post during the recent Diwali celebrations. Kriel’s comments undermined the dignity of so many people in South Africa, and have no place in our democratic nation.

We trust that justice against Mr Kriel will now prevail.

The DA is committed to a united South Africa, and there is no place for racism in our democratic nation.

In the fight against racism, we encourage South Africans to always condemn the attitudes of the few who seek to divide us.

Issued by Haniff Hoosen, DA KZN Chairperson, 28 November 2016