City of Cape Town ‘working to identify’ culprit behind defacing of Tutu mural
The City of Cape Town its reviewing CCTV footage in an attempt to identify the person responsible for defacing a famous mural of Archbishop Desmond Tutu in the Cape Town CBD.
The offender wrote “Ek is ‘n k…” over Tutu's glasses on a painting.
Mayoral committee member for Safety and Security JP Smith says although the work was not commissioned by the city, it will support the investigation.
“We have asked the metro police to check all the cameras in the vicinity to see if we can identify the person responsible for vandalism and hate speech, anything found will be immediately handed over to the police for their criminal investigation.
“There is a malicious damage to property and hate speech investigation that SAPS need to be doing.”
Cape Town mayoral candidate and GOOD secretary-general Brett Herron says the city must work with the police to track down the culprit.
“The person responsible for writing, “Ek is ‘n k…”, on a mural of Archbishop Desmond Tutu in central Cape Town will have been filmed in the act by the City’s security cameras.
“The city must work with police to track the perpetrator down, and the criminal justice system must do its work to send a clear message to other racists that there are serious consequences for acts of racism and hate speech.”
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