JUST IN: SAHRC finds Malema comments referred to commission not hate speech | lizTandwa
The South African Human Rights Commission has ruled on five complaints against EFF leader Julius Malema, finding that none of his utterances referred to the body legally constitute hate speech.
The statements referred to the commission were made during unrelated and separate occassions between 2016 and 2018. SAHRC Chairperson Advocate Bongani Majola says the organisation considered each complaint separately as the statements were made at different times and in different contexts.Majola says while the comments may be deemed"offensive" they do not meet the legal threshold to be classified hate speech.
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