AfriForum has been granted leave to appeal against the “Kill the Boer” ruling that found it was not hate speech for the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to chant or sing the anti-apartheid struggle song.
The application for leave to appeal came after the Equality Court declared in August that the chant “Kill the Boer” was not hate speech.
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The Equality Court on Tuesday granted AfriForum leave to appeal an earlier ruling that cleared EFF leader Julius Malema and MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi of any wrongdoing.
“Today’s decision is only a single step forward in AfriForum’s great fight against the incitement of violence against farmers and minority groups,” said Ernst van Zyl, Campaign Officer for strategy and content at AfriForum soon after the ruling on Tuesday.
“We will do everything in our power to ensure we defeat this dangerous, hateful behaviour.”
Van Zyl added: “This case is of great importance, as a message must be sent loud and clear that chants that incite violence are unacceptable and will have consequences”.
During the hearing, Malema told the court they sang “Kiss the Boer, kiss the farmer” and not “Kill the Boer” as was sung by black people during the struggle against apartheid.
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