Controversial podcast hosts to cooperate fully with SAHRC
This after the hosts described coloured people as incestuous and crazy.
READ: Racist Podcast Moment: Does Podcasting Need Special Regulation?
The Minister of Sport, Arts, and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has also entered the fray.
Human rights lawyer Gushwell Brooks, sat down with eNCA to talk more on this topic as he steers the podcasts hosts to righting their wrongs.
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