ConCourt crushes AfriForum’s bid to ban ‘Kill the Boer’ – Malema claims victory!

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Cape Town – The Constitutional Court has dismissed AfriForum’s appeal to ban the song Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer, ruling that the application has no reasonable prospects of success.

This upholds a 2022 Equality Court decision, which found that the song — frequently sung by EFF leader Julius Malema — does not constitute hate speech but is protected under free speech.

According to IOL, Judge Edwin Molahlehi ruled that the lyrics should not be taken literally and that AfriForum failed to prove the song incites harm or hatred.

Malema maintains that the chant is a political tool to mobilise support rather than a call to violence.

In 2020, the specialist court ruled that the chant did not amount to hate speech, and AfriForum’s appeal to overturn the decision at the Supreme Court of Appeal was unsuccessful, EWN quoted.

With the Constitutional Court’s ruling, the matter has now been conclusively settled.

This week on X, Malema defended the ongoing use of the political chant by paying tribute to Mokaba.

The apex court’s decision comes as Afriforum continues to assert on the international stage that Afrikaners are facing human rights violations due to the country’s legislation.

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