In 2016 South Africa real estate agent Vicki Momberg was the victim of a ‘smash and grab’ robbery in Johannesburg.
But what she did next made national headlines.
Vicki called a friend and angrily lashed out at the “kaffirs” who robbed her.
Momberg told her friend, “The kaffirs here in J-burg are terrible.”
The k-word is an offensive term for blacks in South Africa.
The entire rant was caught on video:
On Wednesday Vicki Momberg was sentenced to three years in prison for using the racist term.
Vicki Momberg is the first person in South African history to be sentenced to serve time for using a racial slur.
News 24 reported:
Former real estate agent Vicki Momberg was sentenced to an effective two years in prison by the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for her racist tirade in 2016.
The court sentenced her to three years, with one year suspended. That year was suspended for a period of three years on the condition that she did not commit the offence again.
As the sentence was handed down, Momberg wiped away her tears.
She was found guilty on four counts of crimen injuria on November 3 in connection with her rant, which started when she lashed out at a black police officer who had helped her after an alleged smash-and-grab incident in Northriding, Johannesburg.
In a video clip that went viral, Momberg could be heard complaining about the “calibre of blacks” in Johannesburg.
