Racist slurs should be hate speech

The latest annual report of the Office of the Ombudsman says racial name-calling that undermines equality in Namibia should be labelled as hate speech.
According to the report the Ombudsman will research the possibility of additional legalisation that will address behaviour that undermines equal dignity and hinders achieving equality in Namibia.
The report says that racial name-calling like ‘kaffir’, ‘boesman’, ‘hotnot’, ‘boer’, ‘monkey’ and ‘baboon’ is not prosecuted as racial discrimination but as crimen injuria.
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