{"id":856095,"date":"2025-06-17T00:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T05:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/nota-apologises-to-the-white-community-for-his-remarks\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T00:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T05:13:13","slug":"nota-apologises-to-the-white-community-for-his-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/nota-apologises-to-the-white-community-for-his-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Nota apologises to the white community for his remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-area\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div id=\"attachment_169141\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-169141\" src=\"https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nota.jpg\" alt width=\"600\" height=\"424\"  ><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-169141\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/tag\/nota\/\" title=\"Nota\">Nota<\/a> apologises for racist comment made<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Controversial business executive <a href=\"https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/tag\/nota\/\" title=\"Nota\">Nota<\/a> Baloyi has issued an apology to those offended by his comments made earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"319\" data-end=\"668\">During an episode of <em data-start=\"340\" data-end=\"364\">The Hustlers Corner SA<\/em> podcast on YouTube in February, <a href=\"https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/tag\/nota\/\" title=\"Nota\">Nota<\/a> referred to white people as \u201cNeanderthals\u201d and claimed they were inferior to black people.<\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"319\" data-end=\"668\">He said, \u201cWhite people are an inferior species to us. They have Neanderthal blood in them\u2026 We are dealing with the weakest whites\u2026 White people are just below human beings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"670\" data-end=\"880\">The remarks caused an uproar, leading to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) taking legal action against him.<\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"670\" data-end=\"880\">The commission demanded an apology, which <a href=\"https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/tag\/nota\/\" title=\"Nota\">Nota<\/a> recorded and shared via social media.<\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"882\" data-end=\"1235\">In his apology, <a href=\"https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/tag\/nota\/\" title=\"Nota\">Nota<\/a> acknowledged the harm his words caused, stating, \u201cI now understand the importance of fostering a culture of respect, and I am committed to working on myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"882\" data-end=\"1235\">He admitted that his comments were hurtful and expressed regret.<\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"882\" data-end=\"1235\">He promised to be more mindful of his words in the future, ensuring that such remarks would not be repeated.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My humble apologies on the Hustler\u2019s Corner\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SAHRCommission?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SAHRCommission<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9zGmktvBWA\">pic.twitter.com\/9zGmktvBWA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MORAL Authority (@lavidaNOTA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lavidaNOTA\/status\/1909222475759571137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span itemprop=\"keywords\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/tag\/nota\/\" rel=\"tag\">Nota<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/2025\/04\/07\/nota-apologises-to-the-white-community-for-his-remarks\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nota-apologises-to-the-white-community-for-his-remarks\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nota apologises for racist comment made Controversial business executive Nota Baloyi has issued an apology to those offended by his comments made earlier this year. During an episode of The Hustlers Corner SA podcast on YouTube in February, Nota referred to white people as \u201cNeanderthals\u201d and claimed they were inferior to black people. He said, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":856096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30279,3393,104640],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-856095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-apologises","8":"category-community","9":"category-youtube-videos"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}