Second court win for Juju v Kenny

HIGH COURT: UPHOLDS HATE SPEECH RULING

- Vhahangwele Nemakonde

The High Court in Johannesburg has ruled that Patriotic Alliance (PA) deputy president Kenny Kunene's use of the word "cockroach" to describe EFF leader Julius Malema is hate speech.

In January 2022, Malema filed papers with the Equality Court, demanding that Kunene retract and apologise for calling him a cockroach on TV in November 2021.

Kunene was responding to Malema, referring to him as a "pantiti" when he threatened to expose the EFF leader, calling him a "cockroach" and "criminal", among other names.

He told eNCA at the time: "It's pure bitterness and jealousy. Julius has gone on to call us these names for a very long time. We have really tried to be mature and not respond to him.