Black Motion To Sue Comair R3.7 Million For Racial Discrimination

Black Motion To Sue Comair R3.7 Million For Racial Discrimination. House music duo Black Motion has has set to sue an airplane company Comair for the racial abuse they experienced last year claiming they were escorted outside the airplane because of the colour of their skin.

In December TshisaLIVE reported that Thabo and Bongani were booked into business class and seated when an air hostess asked them to move to economy because a white woman’s seat was broken and she needed to move seats.

They questioned why they were singled out to move to economy over other passengers in business class and were apparently told their tickets were “worth less.”

“The fact is that there were only two black people in economy and they were asked to move. When they asked why they were being chosen, they (the air hostess) told them their ticket was cheaper. We asked them why they were not accommodating us and they said they were doing so by putting us in economy,” said Black Motion’s road manager, Nicky Seema, at the time.

City Press confirmed that the duo Thabo “Smol” Mabogwane and Bongani “Murdah” Mohosana, as well as two members of their team, Nicky Seema and JJ Nchabeleng have accused Comair, which owns the British Airways franchise in South Africa, of racism, public humiliation and falsely accusing them of terrorism.

Comair rejectes claims of racism and said downgrading occurs when people travel on discounted tickets. The company further added that it would it would investigate the incident. Comair CEO, Erik Venter, said it “apologises unreservedly” admitting that their procedures were at fault.