There Are Still People Who Are Intolerant Of Free Speech: Swana

Political analyst Sandile Swana says there are still people who are intolerant of free speech in the country.

This after lobby group, AfriForum, strongly criticised the judiciary after the Constitutional Court dismissed its application for leave to appeal a ruling that the chant Kill the Boer did not amount to hate speech.

The group has threatened to take its legal fight against the chant overseas.

Swana says an expression does not become hate speech or illegal simply because it does not please specific people.

We are not tolerant of free speech. So when people express their views - clear views that they disagree with us - we get irritated. The Constitution says an expression that makes you uncomfortable is not automatically illegal, is not automatically unconstitutional in South Africa.