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Gratuitous public display of the apartheid-era South African flag, which formerly flew from the Castle of Good Hope, has been found to constitute hate speech. The court in South African Human Rights Commission obo South African Jewish Board of Deputies v Masuku [11] confirmed that whether or not a statement constituted hate speech was to be ...
The Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Act of 2023 (Act 16 of 2023) is a South African statute law aimed at reducing offensive speech and curbing hate crimes in South Africa. [1] The Bill was introduced in 2016 and sat before the South African National Assembly until it was passed in 2023 and signed into law in 2024. [2]
Act to give effect to section 9 read with item 23 (1) of Schedule 6 to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to prevent and prohibit unfair discrimination and harassment; to promote equality and eliminate unfair discrimination; to prevent and prohibit hate speech; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Last week, I helped launch the Academic Freedom Alliance (AFA), a nonprofit organization comprising college and university faculty members from across the ideological spectrum who are committed to ...
Free speech is a core democratic right, an essential component of a good society, and the foundation of a university’s truth-seeking mission—and those who represent the university need to have ...
Whether its Justice Louis Brandeis expounding foundational ideas on free speech from the U.S. Supreme Court bench or Jews leading the ACLU’s defense of Nazi’s right to march in Skokie ...
Three main threats are believed to jeopardize academic freedom: government regulations, excessive influence of private sector sponsor on a university, and limitations of freedom of speech in universities. [65] There have been an abundance of scandals over the restricted academic freedom at a number of universities in South Africa. [66]
Rhodes Must Fall captured national headlines throughout 2015 and sharply divided public opinion in South Africa. It also inspired the emergence of allied student movements at other universities, both within South Africa and elsewhere in the world.