{"id":246921,"date":"2023-01-10T10:12:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T08:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/racial-incidents-tarnish-the-tourism-industry\/"},"modified":"2023-01-10T10:12:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T08:12:07","slug":"racial-incidents-tarnish-the-tourism-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/racial-incidents-tarnish-the-tourism-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Racial incidents tarnish the tourism industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202301\/sisulu.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says acts of racism are a blight on the South African tourism sector.<\/p>\n<p>This after a video emerged on social media in December wherein two teenage black boys were attacked and assaulted by a group of white adults at a swimming pool at Maselspoort Resort, just outside Bloemfontein, on Christmas day.<\/p>\n<p>Three men, Kobus Klaassen, Johan Nel and Jan van der Westhuizen were subsequently arrested and charged with crimen injuria and common assault.<\/p>\n<p>Klaassen faces a further charge of attempted murder after being seen holding one of the boys underwater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has tarnished tourism in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo racial group should take advantage of the industry to discriminate and act violently against any other racial group in indulging in any niceties presented by this industry,\u201d Sisulu said.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister noted that the resort has not yet condemned the attack and highlighted that the tourism industry needs to undergo further transformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an industry that must be deracialised including its ownership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTourism provides us an immediate communication platform to sell to the world the beautiful nation we are and our commitment to become a prosperous destination full of offerings for the visitors,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Sisulu recently visited the family of the boys who were attacked and expressed government\u2019s condemnation of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sorry that during our leadership your family experienced such discrimination. We apologise that we as government couldn\u2019t protect you from such people,\u201d Sisulu said. <strong>\u2013&nbsp;SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says acts of racism are a blight on the South African tourism sector. This after a video emerged on social media in December wherein two teenage black boys were attacked and assaulted by a group of white adults at a swimming pool at Maselspoort Resort, just outside Bloemfontein, on Christmas day. 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