Cliff later apologised, explaining that one cannot stand up for racism.
Sparrow, made racial slurs after New Year’s Day in a social media post where she referred to black people as monkeys.
Shortly after she posted the passage, it went viral and has had South Africans in a social media uproar.
eNCA has since reported that her employer has launched an investigation into the comments she made in the post, with Jawitz CEO, Herschel Jawitz.