Court questions delays in commission’s hate speech case against Edward Zuma
The Equality Court voices concerns after a three-month delay in filing its court document by the SA Human Rights Commission
Following concerns from the Equality Court in Durban‚ on Tuesday, the South Africa Human Rights Commission reconsidered its request to indefinitely postpone its hate speech case against Edward Zuma.Attorney Pavershree Padayachee had initially asked the court to postpone the matter to allow the commission to file a replying affidavit to Zuma’s response to the claim against him. However‚ Magistrate Irfaan Khalil raised concerns over the commission’s almost three-month delay in filing the court document.He could not understand why the commission had acted hastily to haul Zuma to the Equality Court in September but was asking for the matter to be indefinitely postponed. Furthermore‚ Khalil questioned why the commission would need more time to draw up its replying affidavit when there was "very little" to dispute in Zuma’s responding papers.On Tuesday, Padayachee told the court that the commission had been unable to file its replying affidavit as the commission’s chairperson Bongani Majo...
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