Watch: Video of racist incident at Cape Town pub goes viral

A video of a Cape Town drinking establishment being called out for a racist incident on Friday has gone viral, with patrons of Hank’s Olde Irish Pub demanding action amid allegations of institutionalised discrimination.

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In the clip, Christopher Logan, a friend of the alleged victim, Thabiso Danca, is seen confronting the owner of the establishment after Danca was denied entrance.

According to Danca, the bouncer said that Hank’s had a right of admission policy that stated he needed to be accompanied by a white person to enter the pub.

Warning: this video contains disturbing subject matter and language. Not for sensitive viewers.

This racist was caught with his pants down. pic.twitter.com/UceK9n62sd

— Daniel Marven (@danielmarven) December 4, 2022

The pub subsequently issued a media statement, saying that in their 30 years of service, there had never been any instruction to staff to disallow patrons entrance on the basis of race or gender discrimination. They added that charges of assault had been opened against Logan and that the matter was subject to further investigation.

“We as owners have never- nor will we ever instruct our staff- to discriminate on any basis whatsoever, whether that be gender, sexual orientation or race,” read the statement. “We want to place on record that we are extremely concerned for the well-being and safety of the staff involved, therefore we will not be commenting any further while we conduct an internal disciplinary process about these allegations and the police conduct their criminal investigation into the case of assault opened against the individual making accusations in the video.”

CCTV footage of this alleged assault by Logan, without audio, was also supplied to the police for further investigation.

Speaking to SABC News about the case opened by Hank’s, Logan denied the assault, saying that the co-owner, who arrived after the initial incident, had been extremely confrontational and had them forcibly removed from the pub, reiterating that Hank’s reserved the right of admission.

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