AfriForum’s latest antics of going to court to demand the right to wave the old apartheid flag needs to be rejected by all properly adjusted persons
16 May 2022
AfriForum’s latest public antics of going to court to demand the right to wave the old Apartheid flag are divisive and provocative. This needs to be rejected by all properly adjusted persons who remain invested in the idea of a united and peaceful South Africa.
The Apartheid flag is a symbol of black exploitation and subordination of black people to white supremacy. The Federation supports the Constitution and its provisions for the freedom of speech and political association. There is nothing wrong in a robust constitutional democracy for individuals to hold offensive and unusual views.
Apartheid exploited black people and exploited them for white people’s economic benefit, it is divisive and offensive to want to thrust this symbol of oppression in the face of black victims and the descendants of victims of Apartheid.
All rights have limits and they come with responsibilities. This includes prohibitions and criminal sanctions, when it comes to inciting violence and hate speech. Apartheid is nothing to be trivialized.