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Activist wants social media platforms to enforce court ban on old SA flag
The Equality Court in on Wednesday ruled the gratuitous display of the apartheid-era flag constituted hate speech.
Frederick Brownell, the man who designed the South African flag used since the country’s transition to democracy in 1994, has died at the age of 79. Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa labelled him 'a true South African hero' whose name would be 'etched in history'.
Frederick Brownell died in his Pretoria home on Friday at the age of 79.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation said that publicly displaying the apartheid flag represented decades of the dehumanisation of black people.
The trouble started when a man and his friends asked a barman to explain why the old SA flag was on display at a Sea Point pub.
Rebecca Davis questions the recent move to foster patriotism in South Africa.