Lwandile Bhengu
The company says the recommendations align with its intentions.
Redefine Properties has not commented on the suspension of Boulder s Mall Manager, Jose Maponyane.
Redefine Properties, the employer of suspended Boulder s Mall manager Jose Maponyane, says it welcomes the recommendations of the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL). Redefine acknowledges and appreciates the role played by the Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights Commission (CRL) and supports and respects its work in enforcing these rights as entrenched in our Constitution. We welcome the recommendations made by the CRL Rights Commission today [Thursday] and look forward to engaging further with the Commission to consider their recommendations and incorporate them into our current initiatives, Redefine said in a statement on Thursday.
Mahlangu forgives Boulders manager for faux pas 29 April 2021 - 17:19 Image: Twitter via Kgopolo Mphela
A Johannesburg shopping mall manager who kicked Ndebele activist Thando Mahlangu out the centre “because he was dressed inappropriately” should make a public apology in person to Mahlangu and be reinstated as per Mahlangu’s wish.
This is a recommendation made by the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural‚ Religious and Linguistic Communities which investigated the matter.
The commission released its final recommendations on the Boulders Mall incident in Midrand involving Mahlangu and the manager of the mall, Jose Maponyane.
Maponyane caused a stir when he was recorded berating Mahlangu for wearing his traditional Ndebele attire at the centre. Mahlangu and Maponyane both appeared at the commission yesterday. This was the first time they appeared together in the same place since the incident.
Commission finds Boulders mall manager violated Mahlanguâs cultural rights, calls for suspension to be lifted
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Johannesburg â The Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights Commission, along with Ndebele activist Thando Mahlangu, have called on Redefine Properties to reinstate suspended manager Jose Maponyane.
This comes after the CRL Commission found on Thursday that the Boulders Shopping Centre manager had violated the cultural rights of Mahlangu in an attempt to kick him out of the mall for wearing traditional garb during an incident in March, which was captured on video and went viral.
In the video, the now suspended mall manager described Mahlanguâs dress as âindecentâ and requested he leave the mall.