Shivambu has 'no recollection' of 'white bitch' message

Suspended ANC Youth League spokesperson Floyd Shivambu says he doesn't remember calling journalist Carien Du Plessis a "white bitch" in a message.

Rulings leave freedom of expression in lurch

Freedom of expression has suffered two body blows in the Protection of State Information Bill and the Malema Equality Court ruling.

Qwelane wins the battle but not the war

Jon Qwelane has won his case to have the hate speech verdict against him for a column set aside, but this does not mean he is off the hook.

Malema finally pays fine for rape claim remark

ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema on Monday paid a R50 000 fine for his "nice time" remark about a woman who claimed she had been raped.

Malema's day in court

Julius Malema has finally taken the stand in the hate speech case brought against him by AfriForum, leaving South Africans glued to their TV screens.

Mantashe: Afrikaners suffer from Malemaphobia

"Malemaphobia" has hit Afrikaner organisations, the ANC's Gwede Mantashe told the Equality Court on Tuesday, at Julius Malema's hate speech trial.

Kill the boer 'is a threat to Afrikaners' national identity'

The idea of "kill the boer" threatens Afrikaners' symbolic connection to SA, the leader of a federation of Afrikaans groups told the Equality Court.

Malema: Who does 'Shoot the boer' really hurt?

The ANC and youth league leader Julius Malema want Afriforum to explain who the victims are in the 'Shoot the boer' hate speech case against Malema.

Malema says he won't pay R50K

ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema said he would not pay the fine imposed on him by the Equality Court in Johannesburg.

Malema guilty of hate speech

The Johannesburg Equality Court on Monday found ANC Youth League president Julius Malema guilty of hate speech and harassment.

Malema: 'I am a defender of women'

ANC Youth League president Julius Malema described himself as a defender of women and said he would never promote hatred towards them.

Equality Court to hear Malema hate speech charge

A gender advocacy group has laid a hate speech complaint against Julius Malema for suggesting that Jacob Zuma's rape accuser enjoyed having sex.

Vavi given deadline to retract Zuma statement

Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has been given 14 days by the South African Human Rights Commission to retract his "kill for Zuma" statement.

Cosatu says Madisha trying to 'milk it dry'

Willy Madisha was trying to "milk dry" the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), it claimed in a statement on Tuesday. Cosatu had already spent R235 237 on the commission into Madisha's conduct which recommended he be axed as its president, said spokesperson Patrick Craven.

Bullard: 'I offer sincere and heartfelt apologies'

Controversial former Sunday Times columnist David Bullard has offered his "sincere and heartfelt apologies" to those who were offended by his now-discontinued satirical Out to Lunch column, saying he is "sorry to have caused so much offence".

Confusion over complaints against Bullard

The South African Human Rights Commission is conducting an internal investigation into an incorrect media statement that said it would not pursue a complaint of racism against columnist David Bullard. "The official position of the commission has never been that we are not taking up the matter," said CEO Tseliso Thipanyane.

Use of the word 'boesman' not hate speech, court finds

The use of the word "boesman" (bushman) by newspaper Die Burger is not derogatory hate speech, the Equality Court ruled in Cape Town on Friday. Kobus Faasen, an academic who says he is a descendant of the Khoisan people, had claimed the newspaper's use of the word in several articles was "contaminated with racism".

Axed Madisha to turn to courts

Willie Madisha plans to take legal action in both the high court and Equality Court over his dismissal as president of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, media reports said on Tuesday. Madisha, who was axed last month, wanted to be reinstated, according to the reports.

Hostel apologises over race-row video

Reitz hostel, at the centre of a racist video controversy, on Wednesday apologised unconditionally to all students and other hostels. Reitz house father and head of hostel Christo Dippenaar said the whole hostel and its house committee had discussed the video and had decided to offer an unconditional apology for the video.

UFS video prompts Khoza apology

South Africa 2010 Soccer World Cup chief Irvin Khoza apologised unreservedly in a statement on Wednesday for using the word "kaffir" towards a black journalist. In a formal statement issued through the South African Human Rights Commission, Khoza said he had decided on this action after seeing the University of the Free State (UFS) racist video on the news.

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