THE Equality Court sitting in the High Court in Johannesburg has dismissed the hate speech case brought by AfriForum against the Economic Freedom Fighters over the singing of the Dubula ibunu (Kill the Boer – Kiss the Boer) song.
Judge Edwin Molahlehi found AfriForum failed to prove the song constitutes hate speech.
The lobby group argued that the song, which is being sung at EFF rallies, incited violence and fueled farm murders.
The lobby group also wanted EFF president Julius Malema and EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi to apologise and pay R500 000 damages.
In a statement, the EFF said it welcomed the judgment.
“The scathing judgement dismissed decisively the baseless case as concocted by self-proclaimed racist experts of AfriForum and was founded on hearsay,” the party said in a statement.
“In a landmark judgement, the court ruled today, that AfriForum failed to show that the lyrics of the song contravene
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