Unscrambling jurisdiction under the PEPUDA

The jurisdiction, or competence of the Equality Court to hear a dispute concerning alleged hate speech is affected by various jurisdictional factors. The decision in South African Human Rights Commission v Khumalo EQ6-2016, EQ1-2018 2018 ZAGPJHC 528; 2019 1 SA 289 (GJ); 2019 1 All SA 254 (GJ) reveals several shortcomings in the provisions regulating jurisdiction in the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act 4 of 2000 which must be attended to in order to provide clarity and legitimacy in regard to the application of the protection against hate speech.