'AfriForum yearns for a racist past,' says advocate in old SA flag hate speech case
Johannesburg - “You're entitled to your culture but you're not entitled to racism. The flag is racism, period.” The pitch of advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi's voice changed when he uttered these words in the almost-packed Equality Court, sitting at the South Gauteng High Court, on Monday.
AfriForum opposed the application, arguing that its banning would trample on the freedom of speech of a minority that liked the flag. Ngcukaitobi told the court that the NMF believed the display of the flag was gratuitous, and constituted hate speech, harassment and unfair discrimination.“The foundation is clear that those who want to display the flag are hankering towards a white-privileged past.”
“AfriForum must tell us why white people in white events must continue displaying the apartheid flag,” Ngcukaitobi said, adding that whites could not cite the display of the flag as part of their culture because it wasn't a symbol of culture, but of racism.Wim Trengove SC, representing the SA Human Rights Commission, told the court that whites who waved the flag were expressing a humiliating statement against black people that they wished to live in an apartheid state again.
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