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FILE: The application was, however, dismissed on Tuesday with the Constitutional Court finding it didn’t have the requisite jurisdiction to grant the relief they were seeking. Picture: SAPS.

Equality court

ConCourt dismisses bid for authorities to re-allocate SAPS resources in WC

By Bernadette Wicks

The application was brought on the back of a landmark 2018 judgment, which for the first time in South Africa's jurisprudence, recognised poverty as a ground...

  • Picture: SAPS.

    SCA to decide fate of displaying old South African flag

    AfriForum faced off against the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the South African Human Rights Commission in the court in Bloemfontein today, to try and overturn the 2019 ruling.

    97 days ago
  • The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC). Picture: www.sahrc.org.za

    SAHRC takes PAC to court for using ‘one settler, one bullet’ phrase during march

    The organisation used the phrase on a poster about its unsanctioned demonstration following an Economic Freedom Fighter protest relating to a private matric party attended only by some white learners, parents and teachers.

    631 days ago
  • Cooperative Governance Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Picture: @NationalCoGTA/Twitter

    ANCYL in WC heads to Equality Court over racist caricature of Dlamini-Zuma

    The social media post depicts the minister as an ape. It was first put on Facebook.

    808 days ago
  • FILE: Sanef said after careful consideration and legal advice, it accepted that the Equality Court was not the appropriate place to address the matter, adding the forum would not appeal the matter. Picture: Sanef website.

    Sanef won’t appeal EFF hate speech ruling

    The editors' group said although it found certain sections of the judgment problematic, it’s pleased that the court acknowledged the importance of protecting journalists.

    1014 days ago
  • FILE: Gordhan hauled Malema to court after the leader of the red berets called him a dog of white monopoly capital. Picture: EWN

    Gordhan failed to prove Malema utterances against him were hate speech - court

    The court dismissed the case against EFF leader Julius Malema with costs.

    1021 days ago
  • Another court victory for Malema as hate speech case dismissed

    Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan's application against EFF leader Julius Malema for hate speech was dismissed with costs on 31 October 2019.

    1021 days ago
  • FILE: EFF leader Julius Malema addressing the crowd outside state capture inquiry venue in November 2018. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Gordhan hate speech case: Court rules in favour of Malema

    The EFF leader accused Pravin Gordhan of going to state-owned enterprises to remove black people and of being a dog of white monopoly capital.

    1021 days ago
  • AfriForum’s Kallie Kriel. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    AfriForum's Kriel: Court win against BLF proves I'm not a supporter of apartheid

    The BLF had accused Kriel of hate speech when he said that apartheid was not a crime against humanity.

    1022 days ago
  • FILE: The EFF has reiterated that reporters who took sides using their trade as a platform to pursue propaganda and interests of politicians must never be regarded as journalists. Picture: EWN

    EFF: Sanef wanted to portray us as violators of media freedom

    The organisation was responding to the ruling by the Equality Court, which dismissed the application by Sanef to interdict the EFF from intimidating, harassing and assaulting journalists.

    1027 days ago
  • FILE: Gordhan wants an apology from Malema and his deputy Floyd Shivambu, as well as R150,000 in damages. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN.

    It’s Gordhan vs Malema in Equality Court on hate speech matter

    Pravin Gordhan laid a complaint against Julius Malema after he called him a dog of white monopoly capital.

    1028 days ago
  • FILE: South Africa lock Eben Etzebeth gestures during the Japan 2019 Rugby World Cup Pool B match between South Africa and Italy at the Shizuoka Stadium Ecop in Shizuoka on 4 October 2019. Picture: AFP

    Etzebeth taking SAHRC to court over handling of racism allegations against him

    SAHRC commissioner Chris Nissen said that Etzebeth wanted the Gauteng High Court to review the decision to take the matter to the Equality Court.

    1038 days ago
  • AfriForum’s Ernst Roets in Johannesburg High Court. An urgent application against Roets that found him in contempt of court was dismissed. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    AfriForum denied leave to appeal apartheid flag hate speech ruling

    The matter was brought by the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Human Rights Commission last month, asking the court to stop the display of the flag.

    1062 days ago
  • AfriForum’s Ernst Roets in the Johannesburg High Court on 17 September 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Ernst Roets not in contempt of court for apartheid flag tweet

    The High Court in Johannesburg has dismissed the contempt of court charge against AfriForum's Ernst Roets.

    1065 days ago
  • FILE: AfriForum's Ernst Roets outside the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on 21 August 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Court to clarify if Ernst Roets' apartheid flag tweet is hate speech

    AfriForum's Ernst Roets tweeted a picture of the apartheid flag just hours after a court ruled that its gratuitous display amounted to hate speech.

    1065 days ago
  • The Equality Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday 21 August 2019 ruled that the gratuitous display of the apartheid flag constituted hate speech. The case was brought by the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the South African Human Rights Commission following displays of the old South African flag during a protest in 2017. Picture: @NelsonMandela/Twitter.

    Questions remain on application of ruling on old SA flag

    The ruling does not ban the display of the apartheid flag but will control its usage in protection of those, in the main the black majority, who find it harmful.

    1091 days ago
  • BLF leader Andile Mngxitama outside the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on 21 August 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    AfriForum hopes court rules in its favour in Mngxitama hate speech case

    The group approached the court in Johannesburg after Black First land First leader Andile Mngxitama's comments at a gathering last year in Potchefstroom in which he spoke about killing white people.

    1091 days ago
  • BLF leader Andile Mngxitama outside the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on 21 August 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    AfriForum’s hate speech case against Mngxitama postponed

    The lobby group approached the Equality Court in Johannesburg after Andile Mngxitama made racial slurs while addressing his supporters in Potchefstroom in the North West last year.

    1092 days ago
  • A screengrab of Judge Phineas Mojapelo delivering judgment in the Equality Court related to the apartheid flag on 21 August 2019.

    Equality Court: Gratuitous display of apartheid flag is hate speech

    The complaint related to the apartheid flag was lodged by the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the South African Human Rights Commission.

    1092 days ago
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