By Khanyisa Tabata
23 April 2011
ANC Youth League spokesperson Floyd Shivambu says he can't remember sending insulting cell phone text messages to Independent Newspapers journalist Carien du Plessis.
Shivambu is accused of hate speech for allegedly calling Du Plessis "stupid" in a text messages.
His lawyers have filed an affidavit with the Equality Court in which he says the derogative word is not part of his vocabulary.
Du Plessis wants an unconditional written apology and payment of 100-thousand-Rands damages and the costs of the suit.
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