the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill was introduced in Parliament four years ago, in April 2018.
South African race and legal experts are debating whether the country
needs hate speech legislation, similar to legislation in Germany which bans the
glorification of Nazi Germany.
It has been almost 30 years since the end of the apartheid regime, which
separated people by the colour of their skin, and lawmakers are still battling
to find appropriate remedies to racism and other forms of prejudice that
undermine our democracy.
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