From the 11th to the 17th of March, the annual Isreali Apartheid Week was held for 2013. 15 Universities across South Africa participated in various activities to create an awareness of the situation in Palestine. What is this situation, you may ask?
Well, if we cast our minds back to our own South African history of oppression and segregation, then the situation in Palestine becomes very clear. Palestinians not being allowed to live freely on the own land is one part of the issue, with waves of violence being the other part. The bombings of schools, hospitals and places of worship, demolition of Palestinian homes; the blatant murder of innocent civilians - no woman or child spared. Young men arrested without reason and tortured by those made to believe that they're acting in good faith of their people, blind to thought of what is considered humane. 
The Sunday prior to Isreali Apartheid Week, Ewok (@ewokessay) displayed his solidarity through his talents by spray painting a wall at North Beach; which ended up being a wonderful start to IAW2013. However, there was some resistance from the local DA counsilor, who labeled the artwork as 'Hate Speech' and then threatened to have the wall painted over. Of course, there was much resistance from IAW supporters, however the next day someone did paint over the wall. The Ethekwini Municapality denied any involvement with this occurence, however it is alleged that the person who did this arrived in a Municipality vehicle. At the end of IAW, many returned to the beachfront wall to show their resistance. You can decide for yourself if the terms "Freedom" and "Equality" is equivalent to hate speech
