Johnathan Paoli
THE Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has dismissed an appeal by Afriforum against the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)’s use of struggle song “Dubul’ ibhunu” (kill the boer).
The ruling confirms an earlier decision by the Equity Court which also found that the struggle song doesn’t constitute hate speech nor does it incite violence.
AfriForum initially laid charges against the EFF and party leader Julius Malema in 2020 at the Equity Court after party supporters sang the song outside the Senekal Magistrate’s court during a murder trial involving a Black farm worker who was killed by Brendin Horner, a white farm manager.
The court found that the song played a fundamental role in the country’s political history during the liberation struggle.
However the Afrikaner civil rights organisation disagreed with the court’s decision and said the ruling in favour of the EFF, further endangered both farmers and (white) Afrikaners.
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