The right to freedom of expression is not an untouchable right and is constrained by other constitutional rights‚ which include the right to dignity and to equality
Currie said the previous regime‚ like all other authoritarian regimes‚ kept itself in power by exercising thought control over its citizens in establishing and policing what could be said and what could not be said.
"It is constrained primarily by dignity‚ it is constrained primarily by freedom‚ it is constrained primarily by equality." Ngcukaitobi said the foundation did not come to court to ask AfriForum and its supporters to stop racism and to stop their own racism.
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