Overview

• The SAHRC found Mchunu’s remarks to be hate speech under Section 10 of the Equality Act and ordered him to remove the content, cease incitive posts, and issue a public apology.
• After he refused to comply, commissioners on 13 October approved urgent litigation and referred the matter to the Equality Court.
• SAHRC officials said the case will proceed under the SAHRC Act and the Equality Act provisions governing discriminatory speech.
• The CGE condemned the comments as a safety threat to LGBTQIA+ people and, in its statement, cited incitement reported at Johannesburg’s KwaMai-Mai.
• The controversy followed viral images of newlyweds Simon Sean Nhlapo and Crosby Jodwana wearing traditional Zulu and Xhosa regalia that drew intense online reaction.