The Joburg businessman who recorded himself using the K-word while on an overseas beach holiday has been blacklisted even further.
Thursday, Adam Catzavelos, 39, who has yet to make a statement about his racist boast, was banned from the school his children attends.
He has also become the butt of comedians’ jokes on Twitter, where the #AdamCatzevelosChallenge started trending.
Catzavelos was believed to have shot his 21 second-long “weather report” while on holiday in Greece.
It shows him panning a camera around, saying that it was “heaven” that there were “no f***ing k@ff!rs in sight.”
It caused outrage on Twitter on Tuesday night and cases of crimen injuria and hate speech were opened against him by several organisations and individuals.
His business associates, including family members with whom he runs five businesses, expressed disgust at his racist behaviour and he was fired as marketing director at St George’s Fine Foods.
His wife, Kelly, was also drawn into the fray as people called for Nike, where she works as a merchandising director, to be boycotted.
St John’s College, where Catzavelos’ sons go to school, issued a statement saying he’d been informed that he would “not be welcome” on the campus until further notice.
“This action has been taken in the best interests of his sons, and all other children at St John’s,” the statement said.
On Twitter, comedians David Kau, Tats Nkonzo and Rob van Vuuren made parodies of Catzavelos’ video.
Just another day in South Africa 🇿🇦 Have a better day today🤗🌝 #AdamCatzavelos #AdamCatzavelosChallenge #SouthAfrica#🇿🇦 #Racism pic.twitter.com/zTe52SzZhI
— DavidKau (@davidkau1) August 22, 2018
Giving a “quick weather forecast”, Tats pans the video around a garden, saying “blue skies, green grass and no k”.
He falls silent as a black man walks past, and sheepishly rubs his head.
Van Vuuren, wrapped up in a hoodie and thick scarf, is on a cold and windy Hout Bay beach, describing blue skies and green seas.
In honor of @TatsNkonzo genius here is my weather update. #AdamCatzavelosChallenge pic.twitter.com/SX3MvNByrm
— Rob Van Vuuren (@RobVanVuuren) August 22, 2018
When he gets to the K-word, a litte brown girl shouts “Daddy!”, and he says “crap”.
Meanwhile, legal experts reckon Catzavelos could evade criminal prosecution, reports The Star.
They say crimen injuria could be difficult to prosecute as he committed it in a foreign country that does not deem the K-word as a criminal offence.
Advocate Zola Majavu explains: “The offence was committed in a foreign country so you can’t prosecute him in South Africa unless what he did is also an offence where he recorded the video, then you can have him extradited. The rule is, you are prosecuted where you commit the offence.”
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said it was too early to take steps as they had not received police dockets yet.
AfriForum chief executive Kallie Kriel said they would prosecute Catzavelos should the NPA drag its feet.
SA Human Rights Commission spokesperson Gushwell Brooks said the organisation would investigate the matter.