South Africa's firebrand MP found guilty of hate speech

Why has South Africa’s Malema been found guilty of hate speech again?

This is the third time the fiery opposition politician and leader of the left-wing EFF has been accused.

South Africa court rules political leader’s statements constitute hate speech

South Africa’s Equality Court ruled Thursday that Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema’s statements at a rally on October 16, 2022, constituted hate speech, finding that they were a direct call to violence based on race and political affiliation. The court emphasized that these statements were not metaphorical or political commentary but “clear exhortations to violence” with the intent to incite harm and hatred. The South African…

EFF to appeal Equality Court hate speech ruling against Malema – The Mail & Guardian

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it will take the Equality Court’s ruling against its leader Julius Malema to the Supreme Court of Appeal after he was found guilty of hate speech for remarks made at a rally in Cape Town in October 2022. “The EFF has already instructed our lawyers to begin the process of challenging this ruling at the Supreme Court of Appeal. We do so not only in defence of our commander-in-chief but in defence of politic…

Julius Malema hate speech video

The Equality Court in the Western Cape on Wednesday found EFF leader Julius Malema guilty of hate speech and incitement to violence. The case followed a 2022 rally in Cape Town where Malema told supporters they must “never be scared to kill.” Malema warned that any racist who attacked EFF members would “meet their maker with immediate effect.” His comments referred to a 2020 confrontation outside Brackenfell High School, where parents clashed vi…

HRC welcomes hate-speech ruling against Julius Malema but EFF vows to appeal

The judgment is ‘grave distortion of history, philosophy and the nature of political speech in a democratic society’, the EFF says