The Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed Afriforum’s application to have the ban on the public display of the country’s old flag overturned.
The court delivered the judgement on Friday, stating that the public display of the flag was tantamount to hate speech and harassment.
Lobby group Afriforum applied to have a 2019 judgement set aside by the Supreme Court of Appeal last year, after the Equality Court declared that the flag demonstrates an intention to be hurtful and to incite harm.
The group was taken to court by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, after its display of the flag during protests over farm murders.
“The old South African flag is a form of hate speech under the Equality Act as well as harassment and unfair discrimination. So yes, it has completely confirmed the ruling of Justice Mojapelo’s judgement of 2019,” said Nelson Mandela Foundation attorney Rupert Candy.
-EWN
In other news – Faith Nketsi’s husband on the run as he flees his Hyde Park mansion
Troubled business mogul Nzuzo Njilo is allegedly on the run after the South African Police Service issued a warrant of arrest against him. A local publication has it that Njilo has since vacated his multimillion-rand Hyde Park mansion in the leafy suburbs of Johannesburg amid a police search.
Reports have it that the mansion was sold over a month ago. In the wake of these developments, little is known about his whereabouts, given that the mansion’s address was his last known address. Learn More
