Hank's Olde Irish

2022 - 12 - 5

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'Embarrassed and dehumanised': Cape Town pub patron refused ... (News24)

Beach lifesaver Thabiso Danca stood humiliated in Hank's Olde Irish pub in Cape Town's trendy Bree Street for about three minutes before he made his way ...

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Concerts SA distances itself from Hank's Olde Irish amid racism ... (Independent Online)

Amid a race scandal plaguing a popular Cape Town pub, well-known promoters have distanced themselves from the establishment and its owners.

“If you come in here, I know what you like, you steal. You need to come in here with a white person. On Sunday, members of the EFF in the Western Cape visited the pub with placards reading: “Racism must fall” and “EFF was here” was left on the fencing of the establishment. “Your bouncer stopped him (Thabiso) and asked him why are you going in, who you going in to?“He (Thabiso) said why are you asking me and then he ( the bouncer) said you can’t come in here unaccompanied without a white person. “No Concert SA concerts will be supported at the venue until the accusations have been investigated and a satisfactory conclusion has been reached. “The Concerts SA project is committed to the South African Constitution and Bill of Rights and their protection for the human rights of all.

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[WATCH] Cape Town pub in race row after allegedly refusing ... (CapeTalk)

Hanks Olde Irish pub allegedly refused entrance to a Black man if he was not accompanied by a White person.

I think it is a quick and easy solution to say 'no we do not do this'.Christopher Logan, speaker from the viral video Logan added that Danca has laid a complaint with the police and intends to go to the human rights commission. The viral incident was after one of the owners came to the bar and Logan confronted him. Logan said that based on the response he got from both owners, saying they reserve the right of admission, he does not believe this response to be true. When Logan found out about the incident the next morning he went back to the bar with his friend and demanded to speak to the owners. Logan said that Danca had tried to walk into the bar a few moments after a friend and was pulled out of the line by the bouncer. A video has gone viral on social media of Logan calling out the owner of the pub after bouncers refused entrance to his friend, Thabiso Danca, because he did not walk into the bar with a White person. The bouncer allegedly told him that he was not allowed to enter without a white person because “your people steal and cause trouble,” and that this was the policy of the owners. I got put on the phone with the owner and the first thing they told me is ‘we reserve the right of admission.’Christopher Logan, speaker from the viral video The pub has responded claiming they do not instruct the staff to discriminate or deny entrance based on race, gender, or sexual orientation. Lester Kiewit spoke Christopher Logan whose friend was refused entrance to the establishment. His friend was allegedly denied entrance if he was not accompanied by a white man

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