The ongoing debate on whether or not the display of the old South African flag should constitute hate speech will be heard in the Equality Court in April.
In February last year, the Nelson Mandela Foundation announced that it made an application to the Court for an order to declare the display of the flag of apartheid South Africa as unfair discrimination and harassment based on race.
A spokesperson for the Foundation Luzuko Koti says the matter will be heard on the 29th and 30th of April.
Afriforum is opposing the application, primarily on the basis that the order sought would infringe on South Africans' rights to freedom of expression.
The Human Rights Commission is also supporting the application. The Commission has declared an interest in forcing amendments to the Equality Act should its hate speech provisions be found by the court not to cover displays of symbols like flags.
The old flag caused yet another outrage on Social media earlier this month when Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyer posted a picture of himself with the flag referring to it as "beautiful".
This is not the first time that the display of the old flag has caused an outrage.
