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Johannesburg: The first South African convicted for racist slurs will serve her full three-year prison sentence after a court on Wednesday rejected her application to appeal. Former realtor Vicki Momberg, 49, was last month convicted for repeatedly hurling racist insults including the word"kaffir" at a black policeman. She was found guilty of crimen injuria -- wilfully hurting someone's dignity. Magistrate Pravina Rugoonandan dismissed her appeal attempt, saying the sentence was"fair and just". Momberg was caught on video verbally abusing the officer who was trying to assist her following a break-in of her car in 2016. She used the word"kaffir" 48 times. The case was the first in South Africa to send a person to prison for crimen injuria. Previous convictions typically resulted in fines. The word"kaffir" is"an embodiment of racial supremacy and hatred, all wrapped in one," the magistrate said. (AFP)
