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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Convicted fraudster Zuko Madikane has filed an urgent application in the High Court in Pretoria. He wants the advert banned across the board.<\/p>\n

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is being taken to court over its controversial \u2018burning flag\u2019 advert by a convicted fraudster, Zuko Madikane.<\/p>\n

The advert, which features a burning South African flag set tongues wagging when it first aired at the beginning of May.<\/p>\n

The SABC has refused to air it. Madikane has filed an urgent application in the High Court in Pretoria. He wants the advert banned across the board.<\/p>\n

He made headlines last year when he was found guilty of swindling a Joburg restaurant owner out of tens of thousands of rands by pretending to be a lawyer.<\/p>\n

In his papers, Madikane charges that the advertisement in question, in which DA leader John Steenhuisen talks about life \u201conly getting worse\u201d under a potential coalition between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and former president Jacob Zuma \u201cconstitutes and promotes hate speech and incites violence\u201d.<\/p>\n

He has insisted that \u201can ordinary citizen\u201d might \u201cassociate it with black failure and violence\u201d and that the advert is \u201ctreasonous\u201d.<\/p>\n

The DA, however, \u201cunequivocally\u201d denies Madikane\u2019s allegations, standing firm that the ad \u201cmakes no mention whatsoever, nor does it carry any implication, of race\u201d and that it takes aim only at the ANC, the EFF and Jacob Zuma.<\/p>\n

The party labels it a \u201cwell-founded and protected political speech\u201d and further highlights that the advert shows a digital depiction of the flag burning and then \u201crising from the ashes”, insisting there is nothing treasonous about this.<\/p>\n

It also argues the case is not urgent and has not been properly brought to the Equality Court, as it should have.<\/p>\n

The matter\u2019s set down for hearing in the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. In the meantime, when it comes to his criminal case, Madikane says he currently has an appeal pending.<\/p>\n

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