Dispute between EFF and Human Rights Commission heading for equality court: The commission says recent comments by Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema and party banners constituted incitement of violence and hate speech
called for a neutral body to consider allegations of hate speech and incitement of violence against its leader, Julius Malema.
This week, the commission said recent statements by Malema and on EFF banners “constitute incitement of violence, hate speech and possibly other transgressions of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 4 of 2000”. The commission received complaints about the EFF after the party held its people’s assembly in the Western Cape on 16 October, where Malema told members that “you must never be scared to kill, a revolution demands that at some point there must be killing, because the killing is part of a revolutionary act”.
The commission does not see the statement as an official response to its letter and will wait for the expiry of the 10 days, Majola said. The EFF however considers its statement as the “final response on the matter at this stage”, national spokesperson Sinawo Thambo said.Mail & Guardian
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