THE Johannesburg High Court has ruled that the comments made by Deputy President of the Patriotic Alliance (PA) Kenny Kunene to EFF leader Julius Malema referring to him as a ‘cockroach’ were hateful and dehumanising.
The high court found that there was no justification for these comments and that Kunene sought to incite hate and harm towards Malema.
The high court also ordered Kunene to apologise and retract the ‘cockroach’ slur to the EFF leader.
On Wednesday, the EFF said it welcomed the decision of the high court, adding that Kunene’s comments were not only hateful, but were not considerate of the historical impact of derogatory used to refer to human beings, in inciting violence and genocide.
“Genocides and hate crimes against fellow human beings begin at the point of dehumanisation,” the party said in a statement.
“The EFF hopes that this judgement will serve the rehabilitating purpose that the
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