EFF says AfriForum must respect the law
The SCA upheld the judgment of the Equality Court that found that the 'kill the boer' song did not constitute hate speech in 2020.
Logo for the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). Picture: Wikimedia Commons
JOHANNESBURG - The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has called on lobby group, AfriForum to respect the law after the Constitutional Court dismissed its application for leave to appeal the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA).
The SCA upheld the judgment of the Equality Court that found that the 'Kill the boer' song did not constitute hate speech in 2020.
The appellate court held that the reasonably well-informed person would appreciate that when EFF Leader, Julius Malema sang 'dubula ibhunu', he was not actually calling for farmers, or white South Africans of Afrikaner descent to be shot.
The Constitutional Court’s dismissal of AfriForum's appeal places the legal debate to bed.
This means chanting the song is constitutionally protected, bringing a five-year-old legal battle to an end.
The EFF maintains that the song has never been a call for the extermination of the Afrikaner minority group.
Spokesperson, Thembi Msane said, "Their efforts to criminalise a liberation song, one deeply rooted in the fight against the brutal regime that oppressed black people for decades are part of their broader project to rewrite history, erase their own crimes and paint themselves as victims.
The party has labelled the order of the apex court a victory for truth, historical justice and freedom to commemorate the fight against oppression.