Constitutional Court strikes down AfriForum’s appeal bid over ‘Kill the Boer’
The song does not constitute hate speech and deserves to be protected under freedom of speech, court says
27 March 2025 - 20:09
Lobby group AfriForum has suffered another defeat in its fight to have the singing of apartheid-era song Kill the Boer declared hate speech as the Constitutional Court dismissed its application for leave to appeal on Thursday.
“The application should be dismissed as it bears no reasonable prospects of success,” the court order reads. ..
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