Johannesburg - Disgraced former real estate agent Penny Sparrow appeared in the Scottburgh Magistrate’s Court in Umzinto on Wednesday on a charge of crimen injuria.
Her appearance stems from a criminal complaint laid against her by the ANC after she took to Facebook, saying black beachgoers were like monkeys.
Last month, the Equality Court fined her R150 000 after the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation laid a complaint over the same Facebook post.
She was not present at the Equality Court.
The matter has also been referred to the National Prosecuting Authority by the Equality Court to pursue a criminal case.
Sparrow has pleaded poverty. But attempts to pay off her fine through online crowd-funding by supporters failed, and the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation said it would not accept the money if it were raised through online donations.
On Wednesday, magistrate Vincent Hlatshwayo presided over the case, and Mandla Ntobela from the uMlazi Justice Centre represented Sparrow.
The case was postponed to August 15 to allow her application for legal aid to be processed.
Last month, Matthew Theunissen was forced to apologise and agreed to do community service after his racist rant on Facebook over sports quotas went viral.