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South Africa: Malema Comments Offensive but Not Hate Speech - Human Rights Council
News24Wire, 27 March 2019
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has ruled on five complaints against EFF leader Julius Malema, finding that none of his utterances referred to the body legally… Read more »
Malema Remarks Not Hate Speech - South African Rights Body
The South African Human Rights Council has found that none of the utterances made by Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema or his party during between 2016 and 2018 legally constitute hate speech. Some of the complaints related to Malema's singing of the "kill the boer" song, his statements on Indian people's mistreatment of black people in KwaZulu-Natal and his call for the slaughter white people.
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South Africa: Malema's Comments On Indians Hold Some Truth, but His Delivery's Not Good - Analyst
News24Wire, 27 March 2019
Struggle veteran and ex-vice chancellor at the former University of Durban-Westville, Dr Saths Cooper, believes EFF leader Julius Malema was not entirely wrong in his analysis of… Read more »
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South Africa: Afriforum Challenges EFF Over 'Hate Speech' At Hoërskool Overvaal Protest
News24Wire, 7 February 2018
AfriForum has filed papers in the Equality Court in Johannesburg against the leadership of the EFF after alleged "hate speech" chanting at a protest. Read more »
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South Africa: Malema's Remarks On Indians 'Has the Possibility to Incite Racial Hatred'
News24Wire, 2 August 2017
The South African Minority Rights Equality Movement (Samrem) on Monday opened a case of hate speech against EFF leader Julius Malema following his statement calling Indians "worse… Read more »
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South Africa: Racism is Still Rampant, but is Criminalising Hatred the Answer?
The Conversation Africa, 12 March 2017
Recent events in South Africa show that it is a society still grappling with its racist history, 23 years after apartheid officially ended. Combating hatred is an ongoing project. Read more »
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South Africa: DA Reports Julius Malema's Hate Speech to the SAHRC
DA, 8 November 2016
The Democratic Alliance will report Economic Freedom Fighters Leader, Julius Malema's unconstitutional and deeply hateful comments to the South African Human Rights Commission for… Read more »
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South African opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters has said that Robert Mugabe's land reform policy should be defended despite the 93-year-old's resignation from the ... Read more »
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Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has called for the closure of Israel's embassy in South Africa, saying the "Apartheid state" was oppressing Palestine and depriving ... Read more »
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Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has slammed Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, saying he has "done everything in his life to please white people". Read more »
