EFF closes Cape Town pub amid racism claims

The party visited the pub on Sunday after a black man was apparently refused entry to the pub unless he was accompanied by a white person.

In a video that has since gone viral on social media, a young white man can be seen confronting an older white man on the issue.

In a statement released on Monday, the EFF said it would make sure the pub’s doors remain closed.  

"This racism reveals the psychosis of many white racists who are still locked in a racist paradigm of white exclusivity and the old days of apartheid nostalgia. Furthermore, it also unveils the mentality of the co-owner/s of Hank's Olde Irish Pub through whose racist utterances we get the sense that the pub sees itself as a WHITES ONLY pub where blacks are not welcomed and when they enter. They are characterised as thieves and trouble makers. 

“This is reminiscent of the infamous Separate Amenities Act of 1953 which reserved the best facilities for whites only, while facilities for other race groups were substandard," the party added.

The EFF said it will also open a case of racial discrimination with the South African Human Rights Commission.

"We call for their trading licence to be taken away from them. The Western Cape has become the last bastion and safe haven for hardcore racists who still think that they are superior to blacks because racism is entrenched, and institutionalised and has also become the order of the day under the DA-led administration.”

The pub has since been closed.