MP punches man during alleged racist incident

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MP punches man during alleged racist incident

A black South African MP says she punched a man in self-defence after he allegedly hurled racial abuse at her.

Phumzile van Damme from the opposition Democratic Alliance said she got into a row with a white woman at Cape Town's V&A Waterfront when the man intervened.

She said the man, who was white, was "threatening violence" and used vulgar language to tell her to get out, referring to her as "you black".

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