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Julius Malema’s supporters outside the South Gauteng High Court where Judge Lamont announced on the hate speech trial against the expelled youth league leader.

ANC, Malema, AfriForum settle on ‘shoot the boer’ controversy

An eleventh-hour settlement has been reached between AfriForum, the ANC and Julius Malema over the heated "shoot the boer" debacle.

No little thing: Gwede Mantashe and the ANC take serious exception to the Spear

ANC court challenge: The Spear vs Dubul’ iBhunu

The ANC has issued a warning to the judiciary as it takes the Goodman Gallery and City Press to court over Brett Murray’s controversial artwork.

‘Everything’s fine!’ Lamola leaps out of Malema’s shadow

Malema loses out on hate speech appeal bid

ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has lost an application for leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court against a hate speech ruling.

Strains of Shoot the Boer ring out at Cosatu meeting

Congress of South African Trade Union’s president S’dumo Dlamini has defied the ban on the liberation struggle song <i>Dubul’ ibhunu</i>.

Hues and cries

It’s a tough life in the rainbow nation, a land where every topic has too many hues and cries, says <b>Chris Roper</b>.

Master’s voice

The Equality Court’s banning of the "Shoot the Boer" song is a reminder of South Africa’s long and prickly history.

Censored in the name of democracy

The judgment against Julius Malema coincided with the 34th anniversary of the death of one of Africa’s most celebrated intellectuals.

Lawyers confirm Malema will appeal expulsion

Shoot the Boer ruling is ‘race-based’

The court ruling banning the singing of <i>Shoot the Boer</i> constituted an "absurd and drastic" infringement on freedom of speech.

The ANC’s leap year proposal

We’ll fight them at the benches, says AfriForum

AfriForum has vowed to fight any court attempts to overturn the ban on "Shoot the Boer", after the ANCYL accused the group of having "too much power".

Malema’s broadside at ‘undemocratic’ judiciary

Malema’s broadside at ‘undemocratic’ judiciary

In vowing to overturn the ‘Shoot the boer’ hate speech ruling, Malema has slammed the ‘untransformed’ judiciary, accusing courts of double standards.

ANC to appeal ‘Shoot the boer’ ban as ruling slammed

The ANC will appeal the decision to ban the singing of <em>Dubhula I’bunu</em> or "shoot the boer" in a ruling slammed by advocates of free speech.

Shoot the boer: ‘That’s how a genocide can start’

A South African court on Monday ruled that ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema was guilty of hate speech for singing an apartheid-era song.

Time’s up: Young Lions’ leaders to learn their fates

‘Shoot the boer’: It’s hate speech, says judge

ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema’s singing of the words "shoot the boer" constituted hate speech, Judge Collin Lamont ruled on Monday.

Time’s up: Young Lions’ leaders to learn their fates

In SA, ‘no transformation without pain’

Judgment in ANC Youth League president Julius Malema’s "shoot the boer" hate speech case began without him on Monday.

Zuma wields the axe ‘for the good of SA’

De Klerk wonders why Zuma hasn’t rebuked Malema

It was unacceptable to sing the words "shoot the boer", former president FW de Klerk was quoted as saying in a media report on Thursday.

Lawyers confirm Malema will appeal expulsion

AfriForum, Malema mull settlement in hate speech case

AfriForum has received an email from Julius Malema’s lawyers about the possibility of reaching an out of court settlement over his hate speech trial.

Hofmeyr dumps U2 tickets over Bono’s comments

Steve Hofmeyr dumped R5 000 worth of U2 concert tickets in the Jukskei river, because of Bono’s take on "shoot the boer", he tweeted on Sunday.

Getting to the heart of free speech

What do the following have in common: A cartoon about rape, a song about killing boers, and a photo mash-up of teachers and gay bodybuilders.

Judge defends order to ban ‘shoot the boer’ song

Judge Leon Halgryn defended his order banning the words "shoot the boer" in the high court in Johannesburg on Monday.

AfriForum to oppose ANC song appeal

AfriForum wants to intervene in the ANC’s application for leave to appeal the ban of the words "shoot the boer" in a freedom song.