Edcon employee dismissed for calling Jacob Zuma a 'monkey' in Facebook rant

[schumi]

Johannesburg - A former senior Edcon employee who called former president Jacob Zuma a “monkey” in a Facebook rant three years ago has been permanently dismissed from the retail group.

The dismissal of Teresa Cantamessa, who was a specialist buyer for ladies wear, was upheld by Labour Court Judge Hamilton Cele recently.

Cantamessa’s woes began when, in December 2015, she posted on her Facebook page: “Watching Carte Blanch and listening to these f***ing stupid monkeys running our country and how everyone makes excuses for that stupid man we have to call a president... President my f***ing ass!! #zumamustfall This makes me crazy ass mad.”

The post came a few weeks before real estate agent Penny Sparrow was also embroiled in a racist rant on Facebook where she called black people “monkeys”.

More at: https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics...jacob-zuma-a-monkey-in-facebook-rant-36430887

 

[satanboy]

excuses for that stupid man we have to call a president.

Looks like she called him a man.

 

[WorldWarIII]

is she dismissed for insulting monkeys or for insulting zuma?

 

[TheChamp]

We will miss her skills and her high IQ. Our loss is Europe's gain.

 

[Lupus]

She didn't directly call him one, she called everyone else.

 

[TheChamp]

is she dismissed for insulting monkeys or for insulting zuma?

None of the above.

 

[R13...]

So she won at the CCMA but Edcon appealed. She should have asked Afriforum or Solidarity to help her appeal further. Her rant was unprofessional but doesn't seem racist.

 

[TheChamp]

She didn't directly call him one, she called everyone else.

It was not going to be clickbaity enough if it was presented like that by the media.

 

[TysonRoux]

Cantamessa’s woes began when, in December 2015, she posted on her Facebook page: “Watching Carte Blanch and listening to these f***ing stupid monkeys running our country

She's totally wrong, ........monkeys are far more honest and would do a better job.

 

[lowriderza]

What the past few years have shown is that we are definitely not going to have the type of Freedom of Speech enjoyed by Americans. It is what it is.

 

[3WA]

So these rules even apply to Zuma???

 

[TysonRoux]

What the past few years have shown is that we are definitely not going to have the type of Freedom of Speech enjoyed by Americans. It is what it is.

That should read "some of us".

 

[EADC]

What the past few years have shown is that we are definitely not going to have the type of Freedom of Speech enjoyed by Americans. It is what it is.

Is it because you cant be racist without consequences?

 

[Willie Trombone]

More at: https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics...jacob-zuma-a-monkey-in-facebook-rant-36430887

Time to boycott Edcon. They should have promoted her.

 

[Willie Trombone]

Is it because you cant be racist without consequences?

How was it racist?

 

[EADC]

Time to boycott Edcon. They should have promoted her.

Who shops at Edcon

 

[Willie Trombone]

Who shops at Edcon

This is a trick question... I can spot it a mile away. You wanted me to answer monkeys hey! Mxm

 

[EADC]

This is a trick question... I can spot it a mile away. You wanted me to answer monkeys hey! Mxm

Even Monkeys have class.

 

[lowriderza]

That should read "some of us".

It will be that way for a while still. The courts will have to figure it all out. I am bitterly disappointed though that the courts have granted politicians more rights with regards to speech than a normal member of the public. It should be the other way around.

 

[RaptorSA]

Government in 10 years....