The foundation charged that Roets gratuitously and publicly displayed the flag on Twitter under the pretext of academic debate. In the tweet, Roets posted a picture of the flag, asking: "Did I just commit hate speech?"
Speaking outside the court earlier in September, Roets said his and AfriForum’s argument was that the complaint by the foundation had no merit.
“We will be arguing for the whole thing to be thrown out but, in the alternative, if the matter continues, we will argue firstly that it is not urgent and also that the comment I made was completely within the realm and the ambit of the judgment,” Roets said.
The Equality Court, sitting in Gauteng, dismissed the application by the foundation on Tuesday, ruling that Roets had not been in contempt of court.