ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has accused Johannesburg High Court’s Judge Colin Lamont of having personalised his hate speech ruling against him.
Malema expressed his opinion three days after Judge Lamont ruled that his continued singing of the liberation song: “Dubul’ Ibhunu - (Shoot the Boer) was illegal in democratic society.
The judge found that the laws of the country which were promulgated after the advent of democratic elections in 1994 had outlawed the singing of the song. He also ruled that the Afrikaner community, who ruled during apartheid, ceased to exist as a regime and were now “friends and brothers”.
The Judge further ruled that the song is “hurtful and incites murder”.
But Malema disagrees. He accused the judge of trying to secure the interests of minorities over those of black people.
“Courts do not care what the majority thinks,” he said. He also complained that Judge Lamont ignored the testimonies of ANC bigwigs Derek Hanekom and Gwede Mantashe who testified about the legacy of the song.
“The judge’s decision was about me. I did not write the song. I do not have copyright to it,” Malema emphasised. - The Star