The Star reports that audit firm PwC has moved swiftly to fire its executive who racially abused a black family at Cape Town International Airport.  

Alistair Hofert, who was cognitive and intelligent automation lead and associate director at PwC, parted ways with the multinational on Monday following a disciplinary inquiry.  While PwC did not name Hofert, his identity was exposed on social media at the weekend.  Bulelani Ngcauzele, who took to Twitter to expose Hofert harassing her family, put pressure on PwC to act against him.  She tweeted:  “@PwC this racist is part of your staff.  Is this really what you stand for in post-apartheid South Africa?  In 2019?  A black family minding their own business in a public space was attacked by one of your own!”  In videos that Ngcauzele posted, a visibly drunk Hofert was heard ranting about “you people”.  PwC announced at the weekend that it had initiated an investigation into the incident and apologised to the family.  On Monday, it labelled Hofert’s actions racist and revealed he had left immediately.  Cape Town police are investigating a case of crimen injuria.

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