The EFF has instructed its lawyers to challenge the Equality Court’s ruling that found its leader Julius Malema guilty of hate speech. The party has described the judgement as a grave distortion of history, philosophy and the nature of political speech in a democratic society. Yesterday, the Equality Court found that Julius Malema’s 2022 speech at a political event in Cape Town included clear exhortations to violence against a specific racial group, white men. Politically speaking, what does it all mean and will this latest ruling have any impact on EFF’s politics? For more analysis on this, we are joined by……

GUEST: Professor Dirk Kotze, Political analyst and Professor in the Department of Political Sciences at UNISA

 

The EFF has instructed its lawyers to challenge the Equality Court&rsquo;s ruling that found its leader Julius Malema guilty of hate speech. The party has described the judgement as a grave distortion of history, philosophy and the nature of political speech in a democratic society. Yesterday, the Equality Court found that Julius Malema&rsquo;s 2022 speech at a political event in Cape Town included clear exhortations to violence against a specific racial group, white men. Politically speaking, what does it all mean and will this latest ruling have any impact on EFF&rsquo;s politics? For more analysis on this, we are joined by&hellip;&hellip;
GUEST: Professor Dirk Kotze, Political analyst and Professor in the Department of Political Sciences at UNISA
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