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.
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.
The social media post depicts the minister as an ape. It was first put on Facebook.
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.
The court dismissed the case against EFF leader Julius Malema with costs.
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan's application against EFF leader Julius Malema for hate speech was dismissed with costs on 31 October 2019.
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.
The BLF had accused Kriel of hate speech when he said that apartheid was not a crime against humanity.
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.
Pravin Gordhan laid a complaint against Julius Malema after he called him a dog of white monopoly capital.
SAHRC commissioner Chris Nissen said that Etzebeth wanted the Gauteng High Court to review the decision to take the matter to the Equality Court.
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.
The High Court in Johannesburg has dismissed the contempt of court charge against AfriForum's Ernst Roets.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The complaint related to the apartheid flag was lodged by the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the South African Human Rights Commission.
