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SAHRC denies favouring black people when handling cases
Oppositions MPs accused them SAHRC of letting black offenders off the hook while vigorously investigating and punishing white people.
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Facebook suffers legal blow in EU court over hate speech
The decision will be seen as a victory for EU regulators, who are ambitious to see US tech giants meet tightened European standards over hate speech and offensive content.
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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.
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SAHRC to take Malema to court for hate speech
Commission chair Bongi Majola said that Julius Malema's comments on Twitter were divisive and threatened social cohesion.
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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.
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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.
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Adam Catzavelos’s SAHRC settlement has no impact on criminal case - NPA
Adam Catzavelos reached a settlement with the South African Human Rights Commission over his racist video while on holiday in Greece.
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Catzavelos settlement with SAHRC doesn't mean legal woes are over
Adam Catzavelos is still facing criminal charges after the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) laid a complaint against him with the police over his racist video.
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Adam Catzavelos due in court over hate speech case
Catzavelos was charged after he recorded himself on a Greek beach, saying how happy he was about the absence of black people using the K-word.
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Nelson Mandela Foundation to approach courts over Ernst Roets' old SA flag tweet
The Equality Court this week declared certain displays of the apartheid flag as hate speech. However, following the ruling, Roets posted the flag on Twitter, with the caption 'Did I just commit hate speech?'
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BLF's no-show forces postponement of hate speech case
Trade union Solidarity took BLF to court after the group made controversial comments following the deaths of pupils at Hoërskool Driehoek in Vanderbijlpark.
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Mandela Foundation: Ernst Roets tweeting apartheid flag 'unfortunate'
Speaking to Cape Talks' Kieno Kammies, the foundation's CEO Sello Hatang said what Ernst Roets had done was 'unfortunate'.
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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.
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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.
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Judge labels display of apartheid flag as divisive and retrogressive
In his ruling, Judge Phineas Mojapelo declared the gratuitous display of the apartheid flag constituted hate speech, unfair discrimination, and harassment.
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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.
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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.
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Equality Court to rule on old SA flag, BLF hate speech matter
In the first, judgment will be handed down on whether gratuitous displays of the old South African flag constitute hate speech, unfair discrimination and harassment based on race.
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Protect journos or risk having compliant media, court told
This was among the submissions made on Monday by counsel for the South African National Editors' Forum and five journalists who turned to the court to stop the abuse.
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SAHRC: Adam Catzavelos wants to settle hate speech case out of court
Businessman Adam Catzavelos faced three separate matters relating to his racist remarks including in the Equality Court and in Greece.
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Equality Court to hear racism case against Angelo Agrizzi
The case, initiated by the Human Rights Commission, comes after Agrizzi admitted at the state capture commission of inquiry earlier this year that he was a racist.