South Africa’s Equality Court on Wednesday restricted the display of the country’s old apartheid-era flag, ruling that its gratuitous use amounts to hate speech and racial discrimination.

The South African Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a ruling that declared "gratuitous" display of the nation's old apartheid-era flag a prosecutable offense.

South Africa’s Equality Court severely restricted the display of the country’s old apartheid-era flag after ruling Wednesday that it constitutes hate speech and racial discrimination.

A South African court on Wednesday ruled that displaying the country's apartheid-era flag in public constituted hate speech that discriminated against black people and violated equality laws. The ...

South Africa’s Equality Court this week ruled it illegal to “gratuitously” display the apartheid-era flag, in a move that supporters say may soothe South Africa’s continuing racial divides ...

But in South Africa, the flag is mainly celebrated by those with “misdirected anger,” said Gwede Mantashe, secretary general of the African National Congress, the ruling party of the post ...

A campaign video for South Africa’s opposition party showing the country’s flag in flames has stoked tensions just weeks ahead of national elections that are seen as the most pivotal since the ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The South African flag will not be displayed at the rugby and cricket World Cups later this month if its national anti-doping body does ...

A provocative 30-second advert, depicting a South African flag burnt to ashes as “symbolic” of the doomsday coalition of the ruling Africa National Congress (ANC) and the opposition Economic Freedom ...

South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a ruling that the “gratuitous” public display of the country's old apartheid-era flag amounts to hate speech and racial discrimination ...

This frame grab taken on Friday, May 10, 2024 from video from a campaign clip for South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance party shows the country's flag in flames.