AfriForum, Mandela Foundation cross swords in appeal over display of old SA flag

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AfriForum on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court of Appeal to set aside a 2020 order by the equality court that displaying the old South African flag constituted prohibited hate speech, discrimination and harassment.

AfriForum made arguments on why the display of the old flag, used from 1928 to 1994, should not be viewed as hate speech. Stock photo.AfriForum on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court of Appeal to set aside a 2020 order by the equality court that displaying the old South African flag constituted prohibited hate speech, discrimination and harassment.

After the ruling by then Gauteng deputy judge president Phineas Mojapelo, AfriForum applied for leave to appeal.Some of the grounds of appeal by AfriForum include that public displays of the 1928 flag are protected by the right to freedom of expression, dignity and assembly, that the private displays of the same flag are protected by the right to privacy, and that the display of the flag does not constitute hate speech, harassment and unfair discrimination.

“The principle that will be created can be used by others for their particular political purpose to ban a series of other symbols. The next symbol that was targeted in litigation was the Springbok symbol,” Oppenheimer said.“I shall urge the court to find that displays in public spaces are as hurtful and harmful as in private spaces.

 

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