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• 'Malema strikes deal over hate speech'

Malema confirmed to it on Thursday night that he would not sing the controversial song again.

"Yes, I am party to it [the agreement] and I will continue to practice my culture and my heritage and I will continue to be sensitive to the needs of other communities," he said.

He said the agreement was in keeping with the African National Congress Youth League's stance on the matter from the beginning of the court proceedings.

"If you go to the tapes of the court hearing and check what we are signing for today, there is no difference.

"We need to educate our people about our culture in relation to our struggle, but also we need to educate our people of being sensitive so that they do not offend other people or communities," Malema said.

On Wednesday, ANC lawyer Leslie Mkhabela said an agreement on the song was signed by the party, lobby group AfriForum, and the Transvaal Agricultural Union (Tau SA) on Tuesday night.

The agreement stated the parties agreed that AfriForum and Tau SA would abandon an Equality Court order and that the ANC and Malema agreed to abandon the appeal to the Supreme Court.

The mediation agreement was made an order of court by the Supreme Court of Appeal.

The Equality Court had convicted Malema of hate speech and in effect banned the singing of the song in September last year, in a case brought by AfriForum.

Judge Colin Lamont held that the words undermined people's dignity and were discriminatory and harmful.

In a separate case last year, shortly before the Equality Court ruling, the High Court in Johannesburg declared the song an incitement to violence.

An ANC appeal against the ruling had been indefinitely postponed and, according to AfriForum lawyer Willie Spies, his understanding was that " the appeal and the case will eventually die a natural death".

This case involved the same song, but resulted from a dispute between two businessmen about whether the term "Dubula iBhunu" was appropriate when displayed on a banner at a demonstration.

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Nov 2, 2012

Papage

He looks calm and sober now, what happened?
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Nov 2, 2012

Dzel

When the power is gone buyaphela ubu-cleva, finally it has dawned to Malema that he is not above the law. Be very careful of temporary power because when someone takes that away from you kugcina kuyisono ngawe.
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Nov 2, 2012

Mosquer

You are growing up now my laitie
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Nov 2, 2012

warry

Growing up of three seconds. He will never grow up this one.
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Nov 2, 2012

Right-Back-Khumalo

No, he is getting broke. When people don't have a money they feel powerless and become less arrogance like this...Remember that this guy still has to pay R16 million he owes sars and that multimillion rands of fraudulent tenders he hidden in the ratanag account...
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Nov 2, 2012

babyfats

lol lol yaa nee people can tok out de.....
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Nov 2, 2012

MommaC

This whole sorry saga has been the biggest evidence of the vast differences in leadership between Zuma and Madiba. It should never have become such a big issue to start with.
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Nov 2, 2012

T.C.T

Nothing have changed COMRADE MALEMA is simply respecting and abiding to the law and the outcome concluded by legal reps unlike someone who is so dodging and hiding spy tapes...
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Nov 2, 2012

Ramatlhale1

$owetan always finds a way to make this guy's every move national news, the next thing they'll have a headline reading that wooow M@lema's pi$$ is blue....woow M@lema farted during a conference......c'mon $owetan....this is yesterday's news!!!!!
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Nov 2, 2012

Dzel

MommaC

This whole sorry saga has been the biggest evidence of the vast differences in leadership between Zuma and Madiba. It should never have become such a big issue to start with.
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Agreed. Surely if you are the president of a country you should not be engaging in or promoting acts that only makes certain sections of society feel marginalised but also under attack. This is common sense, not rocket science.
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