FOR SA - Hate Speech Law with Adv Glynnis Breytenbach - 10 May 2023

FOR SA recently sat down to talk with Adv Richard Cromton and Adv Glynnis Breytenbach, to discuss the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill.

The conversation centred around the practical difficulties with the Bill from a prosecutor and defence lawyer's perspective.

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Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:27 - Lowering of the bar for criminal liability
04:45 - Stifling effect on constitutional freedom speech
06:45 - Practical difficulties with the Bill's definition of "harm"
15:12 - Practical difficulties with the Bill failing to define "hate"
21:09 - Practical difficulties with the Bill's definition of "victim" including businesses
24:11 - Will the Bill succeed in curing racist speech
25:36 - Conclusion