MALEMA REJECTS RULING

EFF President Julius Malema has rejected Wednesday's Equality Court ruling that found his statements constituted hate speech and incitement to violence, labelling the judgment a “the nature of political speech in a democratic society”.

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The ruling by the Western Cape Division of the Equality Court upheld claims by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and Dante van Wyk against Malema and the EFF.

The SAHRC initiated the litigation in November 2022 following public complaints about comments Malema made at a political gathering in Cape Town in October 2022.

The court specifically cited Malema's remarks in which he challenged the white race and threatened to kill.

“You must never be scared to kill. A revolution demands that, at some point, there must be killing. This is a war between white supremacy and black consciousness, you must know the two will never meet,” and “Racism is violence and violence can only be ended by violence,” Malema said at the time.