'Kill
the f***ing whites now!!!' - 25 February
The PAC has come under fire after messages urging the killing
of whites were posted on its Facebook site. The party says it
will not remove the offending posts. The messages, which said
an army of about 3 000 people was standing by, ready to kill
white people within 24 hours if requested to do so, were still
on the site after a Facebook user alerted the administrator to
the messages. Constitutional law expert Pierre de Vos
yesterday said the messages were a "clear-cut"
example of hate speech and that the Facebook posters, as well
as the administrator of the site, could be taken to the
equality court if they refused to remove the messages. - IOL
website
Keyphrase
Social networking
'Kill
whites' call sparks hate speech frenzy - 27 February
A call to kill white people on the Pan Africanist Congress
Facebook page has sparked a frenzy of hate speech fanned by
extremists of various races, threatening violence against
each other. The demeaning and often violent comments were
still on the page on Friday despite promises by the party on
Thursday that the page would be removed and its
administrator disciplined. - IOL
website
'Kill
whites' site was not our doing : PAC - 1 March
The
PAC says Anwar Adams - the administrator of a Facebook page
where messages have been posted urging the killing of white
people - is not the Western Cape chaiperson of the party, as
he claimed. - IOL
website
Malema
hate speech judgment date not yet set
- 1 March
Judgment
in the hate speech case against ANC Youth League president
Julius Malema did not take place in the Johannesburg Equality
Court today as a date had not yet been set down. - Times
Live website
Pretoria
Mboweni
racism judgment in March - 19 February
The Equality Court in Pretoria will pass judgment on March 3
on claims that former reserve bank governor Tito Mboweni
made racist comments to a shareholder of the bank. - Business
Report website
Pretorius
does not regret taking Mboweni to court - 20 February
As former Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni waits to
hear whether or not he has been found guilty of hate
speech and discrimination, the man who laid the complaint
against him said on Friday the whole ordeal has made him a
stronger person. - Eye
Witness News website
Mboweni
wins Equality Court case - 3 March
The Equality Court in Pretoria ruled in favour of former SA
Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni on Wednesday in a
discrimination case brought against him by businessman Mario
Pretorius. The court ruled that the utterances made at a
shareholders meeting were nothing more than a storm in a
teacup. - IOL website
Court
finds for Mboweni in discrimination case - 3 March
The Equality Court in Pretoria ruled in favour of former
South African Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni on
Wednesday. "The court finds that the utterance was
spontaneous, reactionary and was off the cuff, and was
according to objective standards a genuine expression of
dismay at being spoken to in a fashion that was rude or
condescending. The utterance was, in the opinion of the
court, not designed to label the complainant, Mr Pretorius,
a racist or take liberties with Pretorius's dignity".
Magistrate Siva Padayachee dismissed Pretorius's complaint
and ordered that both he and Mboweni pay their own legal
costs. - Mail & Guardian
website