JOHANNESBURG: A South African court on Wednesday ruled that displaying the country's apartheid-era flag in public constituted hate speech that discriminated against black people and violated equality laws.
"It is determined that the display of the old national flag of South Africa ... constitutes hate speech in terms of 10.1 of the equality act... unfair discrimination on the basis of race .. and harassment," said Judge Phineas Mojapelo. The 'Apartheid Flag' comprises horizontal blue, white and orange bands with three small flags - of Britain, the Orange Free State and the South African Republic - in the middle.It was replaced with South Africa's current multi-colour 'Rainbow Flag' - in 1994 with the end of apartheid.
The 'Apartheid Flag' actually pre-dates the formal promulgation of apartheid laws in 1948 by the then-ruling National Party, having been adopted in 1928.
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