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In court papers, served on Tuesday afternoon by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the organisation said Judge Colin Lamont had been mistaken in a number of respects. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Mandela Foundation approaches ConCourt over apartheid flag tweet ruling

The Nelson Mandela Foundation said in court papers that the high court got it wrong in a number of respects

Ernst Roets may still be held to have breached the Equality Act, said Lamont, but the Equality Court was the right place to deal with it. (Herman Verwey/Beeld/Gallo)

AfriForum’s Roets not in contempt for tweeting apartheid flag, court rules

Judge says the earlier court order, declaring the the gratuitous display of the flag is hate speech, set the standard of morality for society

Ernst Roets may still be held to have breached the Equality Act, said Lamont, but the Equality Court was the right place to deal with it. (Herman Verwey/Beeld/Gallo)

N. Mandela Foundation: AfriForum should be held in contempt over apartheid flag tweet

Court should hold AfriForum in contempt over apartheid flag tweet, Nelson Mandela Foundation says

Ernst Roets, AfriForum’s deputy chief executive. (Paul Botes/M&G)

AfriForum, Ernst Roets facing contempt of court proceeding over apartheid flag tweet

The Nelson Mandela Foundation says the group and its deputy CEO openly mocked the order of the Equality Court

In court papers, served on Tuesday afternoon by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the organisation said Judge Colin Lamont had been mistaken in a number of respects. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

AfriForum’s flag argument doesn’t fly

If no one flies the old South African flag anyway, as the organisation states, banning it wouldn’t matter

Donald Trump’s tweet followed a segment on the Tucker Carlson Tonight show on US TV channel Fox News, on Wednesday, which discussed South Africa. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
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Under pressure Donald Trump falls for fake news about South African whites

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Sho Madjozi may be the first millennial rapping in Xitsonga, but others came before her

AgriSA: AfriForum’s #farmlist irresponsible

Agricultural lobby group AgriSA has called AfriFoum’s release of a list of farms allegedly earmarked for expropriation “irresponsible”

“The idea that one can observe a human being, in all their complexity and discern cognitive ability, is highly problematic.” (John McCann/M&G)

Race debate elicits fatal fallacies

No answer is simple in our complex society, which is why the ‘obvious’ solutions are so often wrong

Australian Open organisers said Serena Williams was among the entries for the opening Grand Slam of the year as she attempts to equal Margaret Court’s record of 24. (Reuters/Toby Melville)

Northern Cape Nama farmers fear expropriation of ancestral land

Where else would we go? ask Nama descendants who fret that communal land will be taken. Some still follow traditional ways, writes Carl Collison

Ernst Roets may still be held to have breached the Equality Act, said Lamont, but the Equality Court was the right place to deal with it. (Herman Verwey/Beeld/Gallo)

Land: AfriForum considers legal action against process to amend Constitution

Deputy CEO Ernst Roets says the organisation has notified Parliament that it will consult its legal team regarding the process to amend Section 25

AfriForum deputy CEO Ernst Roets confirmed to The Daily Vox that they will be laying criminal charges of racism

Afriforum to lay racism and incitement charges against 100 social media users

Why are there only black people on this list?

Afriforum seeks dialogue with ANC over ‘offensive utterances’

Afriforum has said it plans to approach the ANC and initiate a dialogue to discuss "continued offensive utterances" about Afrikaners and Christianity.

‘Politics for Dummies’ delivered to ANC Youth League

AfriForum Youth on Tuesday handed a copy of the book Politics for Dummies to the ANC Youth League at its Luthuli House offices in Johannesburg.