MK MP Visvin Reddy takes Durban Mayor Cyril Xaba to SAHRC over migrant camp remarks

EThekwini mayor Cyril Xaba has been hauled by uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) MP Visvin Reddy before the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).

uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) MP Visvin Reddy has hauled eThekwini Mayor Cyril Xaba before the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).

This follows a viral video showing Xaba in a heated altercation with a man at Durban's Sherwood Park, where thousands of foreign migrants have been camping while demanding repatriation. In the video, the mayor is seen angrily telling the man: "I'm not speaking to you, I'm speaking to the Africans."

His spokesperson, Mlu Mtungwa, has defended the comments, saying the man was a foreign national and not South African.

Reddy has rejected this and it has since been confirmed that the man is prominent Durban-based human rights activist Yeshelen Govender, who is also the son of former ANC MEC and prominent party member Maggie Govender.