AfriForum to oppose NMF 'contempt of court' application, appeal flag ruling
27 August 2019
AfriForum deputy CEO Ernst Roets intends to oppose the Nelson Mandela Foundation's (NMF) application to have him held in contempt of court, he said on Tuesday.
This, after Roets took to Twitter last Wednesday to post a picture of the old flag, asking: "Did I just commit hate speech?"
He did this just hours after Deputy Judge President of the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, Phineas Mojapelo, ruled that the "gratuitous" display of the flag amounted to hate speech.
Roets told News24 that the lobby group would also appeal the ruling.