Court Rules Against Gordhan In Malema Hate Speech Case

Riyaz Patel

The Equality Court has dismissed, with costs, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan’s hate speech application against EFF leader Julius Malema.

During an address to EFF supporters outside the state capture inquiry in November last year, Malema launched a scathing attack on Gordhan, branding him a “dog of white monopoly capital,” and telling his backers to be “ready for war” against the minister.

Judge Roland Sutherland ruled Thursday that while the comments by Malema may indeed be hateful, they did not fall within the terms of the Equality Act.

Malema also accused