The past few weeks have not been a happy time for the judiciary. None of these developments is of the judiciary’s making.
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/ 22 September 2011
The ANC has been granted leave to appeal against a ruling that banned the singing of <i>Dubul’ ibhunu</i> (shoot the boer).
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/ 13 September 2011
<b>Gus Silber</b> was left with a feeling of Déjà Verwoerd this week when a judge declared words to be weapons and a song to be a crime.
Judgment in the "shoot the boer" hate speech trial of ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema is expected to be handed down on Monday.
The ANC is "extremely disappointed and puzzled" by a court decision refusing it leave to appeal a ban on singing "dubul ibhunu" (shoot the boer).
‘Shoot the boer’ lyrics have been ruled incitement to murder, in a high court case not directly related to Julius Malema’s hate speech trial.
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The headlines were grabbed by bodyguards with assault rifles, by some of the ANC’s most credible leaders coming to the defence of Malema.
ANCYL president Julius Malema denied being a racist when he took the stand on a hate speech charge at the Equality Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
The hate speech case against Julius Malema is a test for the revolution, he said, but the Equality Court judges were "our judges, like it or not".
The idea of "kill the boer" threatens Afrikaners’ symbolic connection to SA, the leader of a federation of Afrikaans groups told the Equality Court.
Julius Malema told supporters he would win his hate speech case, after a music expert said the <em>Shoot the Boer</em> "chant" could incite violence.
<em>Ayesaba Amagwala</em>, which contains the lyrics "shoot the boer", is not a song but a chant, a music expert has told the Equality Court.
Julius Malema said it was not him on trial for hate speech, but the "revolution", as a music expert retold the history of struggle songs to the court.
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.
The ANC Youth League called on South Africans to defend struggle songs and support Julius Malema, scheduled to appear on hate-speech charges.
The ANC is allowed to intervene in the hate speech case against its youth league president, Julius Malema, Judge Colin Lamont ruled on Friday.
A ruling on whether the ANC would be allowed to intervene in the hate speech case against Julius Malema will be handed down on Friday.
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/ 24 February 2011
The ANC owns the song containing the words "shoot the boer" and therefore should be allowed to intervene in a case which may see it outlawed.
The "shoot the boer" song has a direct bearing on farm violence, the Transvaal Agricultural Union said on Wednesday.
An application by the ANC to intervene in the hate speech case brought by AfriForum against ANCYL president Julius Malema was postponed until Thursday
The ANC is to apply for leave to intervene in the hate speech case brought by AfriForum against ANC Youth League president Julius Malema.
Irish rocker Bono on Wednesday said it was "barking mad" for people to think he supported the "shoot the boer" song.