South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was recently the subject of a racist video rant.
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Calls to impose harsh prison sentences for verbal crimen injuria are often premised on the need to deter such behaviour.
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Unexpressed racism may be even more dangerous if it’s left lurking below the surface.
South African court rules that racism is a criminal offence.
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Past cases indicate that verbal crimen injuria is not that serious. But a landmark sentence in South Africa has changed that.