![]() This prompted the Dispatch to look into the origins of the word. Many white South Africans believe umlungu is a derogatory term referring to “scum of the sea”, while others believe it simply means “white person”. Ironically, Macozoma denied calling Pape an umlungu but admitted to calling him a boer during their argument. Pape claimed: “If I am an umlungu then he is a k****r.” Gearbox and tow garage owner Roy Pape said he only let fly with the racist “k” word and more when Thobela Macozoma, a former police sergeant and founder of the Well of Bethesda church in Beacon Bay, allegedly called him umlungu.īoth laid charges of crimen injuria. ![]() ![]() Last week, the meaning of the Xhosa word used for decades by black people to identify white people, and adopted by many whites after 1994, came under scrutiny after a racial fight in East London. ![]() UMLUNGUS are from Europe or Pondoland – and that is official. ![]()
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