Johannesburg - AfriForum's head of policy Ernst Roets has drawn widespread condemnation on social media after he posted the old South African flag just hours after the Equality Court ruled against its public display.Twitter users slammed Roets for his post, with some threatening legal action.
Addressing journalists after the ruling on Wednesday, AfriForum, a minority rights lobby group, and the Nelson Mandela Foundation said they would work together to find common ground as advised by Judge Mojapelo. — Ernst Roets August 21, 2019 "We shook hands after the judgment and I said I would write to them for a follow-up on what the judge said...but then not only did they poo-poo the judgment, but about an hour later the deputy CEO of AfriForum posted the apartheid flag on his Twitter page, and that is such an unfortunate thing to happen," Hatang told Radio 702.
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