that AfriForum had said in its court papers that a wide-reaching ban of the old apartheid flag would be an unconstitutional infringement on the right to freedom of expression.
AfriForum said it was committed to upholding the right to freedom of expression, while taking active steps to combat genuine hate speech.
The lobby group said there may be circumstances where displaying the old flag amounted to advocacy of hatred. The South African Human Rights Commission and Johannesburg Pride are supporting the foundation's application. In its heads of argument, the commission declared an interest in forcing amendments to the Equality Act, should its hate speech provisions be found by the court not to cover displays of symbols like flags.
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