Sunette Bridges to appear before the Equality Court

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The Equality Court sitting in the Western Cape High Court will hear a hate speech case against Afrikaans singer, Sunette Bridges.

The SA Human Rights Commission has accused Bridges of hosting commentary on her Facebook page which constitutes hate speech.

The 43-year-old describes herself on her website as a mother of five, Afrikaner, artist, writer, and a "concerned citizen of the once prosperous country called South Africa".

Human Rights Commission spokesperson, Isaac Mangena, says they received complaints from the public about the matter.

He says they had approached Bridges who denied committing any offence.

Mangena says they contend that Bridges had violated of two sections of the Equality Act.