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Submitted | first-name | support | top-concern | message | template |
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2025-06-10 18:14:13 +02:00 | Leigh | No I do not | The broad definition of hate speech | Imagine a bill so vague that a woman calling someone a ‘monkey’ gets jailed but a man preaching to full stadiums to ‘kill the boer’ is not committing hate speech. | Yes I do |
2025-05-22 20:53:13 +02:00 | Alphonzo | No I do not | All of the above | There is already legislation and further politically motivated unnecessary laws such as this only serve to further divide the country, cater for abuse if power, and play into selfish party political interests. | No I do not |
2025-04-17 08:58:49 +02:00 | Justine | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2025-04-15 21:49:49 +02:00 | Themba | No I do not | The Bill is unnecessary | IT IS AN OPPRESIVE PIECE OF DOCUMENT | No I do not |
2025-04-07 10:40:23 +02:00 | Fatima | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2025-03-20 08:40:38 +02:00 | Kerry | No I do not | Constitutionality of the Bill | Yes I do | |
2025-03-07 09:07:21 +02:00 | Heiletje | No I do not | The Bill is vague and ambiguous | Yes I do | |
2025-02-25 19:10:53 +02:00 | Karin | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2025-01-16 19:13:50 +02:00 | Ulrich | No I do not | The Bill is unnecessary | I fully support your summary points above, ie: "The Bill contravenes section 36 of the Constitution, because it is: Unnecessary as existing laws have already been successfully implemented in various criminal and civil cases of hate speech. Overbroad: The Bill’s definition of “hate speech” is broader than the Constitution’s definition of hate speech, criminalising speech the Constitution sees as protected. The Bill’s definition of “hate speech” is also broader than the Equality Act’s civil law definition of (civil) hate speech. This will make it easier to be found guilty of a criminal offence and sent to jail for up to five years than to be ordered to e.g. apologise under the Equality Act. Vague and ambiguous: The Bill’s different elements for the crime of hate speech are either undefined (e.g. hate) or vague and/or ambiguous (e.g. social cohesion). The Bill also contravenes the Constitution’s founding value of the rule of the law (section 1(c)), because it fails to define the essential element of “hate”. The result is that citizens are unable to know beforehand whether they are committing a crime or not." | No I do not |
2025-01-10 22:06:49 +02:00 | Carmen | No I do not | Constitutionality of the Bill | No I do not | |
2025-01-10 22:06:48 +02:00 | Carmen | No I do not | Constitutionality of the Bill | No I do not | |
2025-01-10 13:01:09 +02:00 | Theo | No I do not | All of the above | No I do not | |
2025-01-10 10:14:50 +02:00 | Joshua | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2025-01-09 07:26:03 +02:00 | Betsie | Not fully | Other | Yes I do | |
2025-01-09 06:28:27 +02:00 | Ryan | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2024-11-05 09:58:53 +02:00 | Dawn | No I do not | All of the above | This is beyond insanity. A democratic right is freedom of speech or is free speech only allowed if it concerns with a corrupt government? LEAVE TGE CHILDREN OUT OF THIS BILL | Yes I do |
2024-10-16 20:56:53 +02:00 | Anita | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2024-09-15 06:47:14 +02:00 | Malcolm | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2024-09-15 06:47:13 +02:00 | Malcolm | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2024-08-25 15:51:56 +02:00 | Werner | No I do not | All of the above | Too vague words | No I do not |
2024-08-15 14:28:36 +02:00 | Carrie | No I do not | All of the above | Hate speech can have innumerable consequences for the population. A joke, a meme , that is intended to be humorous can be termed hate speech. It will probably include monitoring all social media. Revenge and intimidation and just plain language difference misunderstandings will arise | Yes I do |
2024-07-27 12:52:21 +02:00 | Charles | No I do not | All of the above | The DA did not support this bill, and with the DA running the ANC, this bill will not be signed by Cyril Ramaphosa. However,if it does get signed, then the DA members responsible have proven to South Africa that they are the engineers of this hate bill. This would show that they are unconstitutional and dangerous to the sovereignty of the country's residents. | No I do not |
2024-05-21 07:26:28 +02:00 | Elandri | No I do not | All of the above | Please dear Mr President consider all the innocent cases where people will be dragged to court because of someone else's of fence, even when the innocent meant no offence. Please keep our country free. | Yes I do |
2024-05-16 18:48:35 +02:00 | Charlie | No I do not | The Bill is vague and ambiguous | Yes I do | |
2024-04-24 19:54:06 +02:00 | Lourens | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2024-04-20 00:11:30 +02:00 | Martinus Christoffel | No I do not | The broad definition of hate speech | If we take a look at bill C-16 in Canada, and the impact that it had on free speech, it should be more that enough reason to rethink the definitions in this law. | No I do not |
2024-04-16 18:16:18 +02:00 | Regina | No I do not | All of the above | The bill is vague, unnecessary and leaves the door wide open for ideologies to be pushed down on innocent good peace loving citizens. Its application will cause harm not good. The bill should be reconsidered and allow for freedom of religion and freedom of speech which has been the foundation of a great nation for a long time. | Yes I do |
2024-04-03 12:55:52 +02:00 | George | No I do not | The Bill is unnecessary | Mhaka leyi yi ta onhela rixaka na ku onhela tiko hinkwaro eka vumundzuku bya rona . Xaniseko wu tava lowu kulu eka tiko hinkwaro. | No I do not |
2024-04-02 21:37:00 +02:00 | Kate | No I do not | All of the above | Yes I do | |
2024-03-21 04:25:21 +02:00 | Malcolm | No I do not | All of the above | It is not needed to further fabricate more areas of "hate." | Yes I do |