Black First Land First (BLF) says it will not apologise for its controversial slogan “Land or Death” after the Equality Court, sitting in Johannesburg, found that it constituted hate speech.
On Monday, the court gave BLF one month to remove the slogan from regalia, social media accounts and its website. The order was made in an application which the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) took to court.
The party was also ordered to tender a written apology to all South Africans within the same time period, which should be published on the SAHRC’s website.
However, BLF is standing firm.
“We are not going to do any of that,” BLF deputy president Zanele Lwana said after the ruling.
“We are not going to apologise for having ‘Land or Death’ as a slogan. We are not going to remove ‘Land or Death’ from any of our platforms or T-shirts.
“We are going
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