vehicles which had been purchased by the state. The applicant’s contribution on the subject was that the debate can go on and on but nothing will change “because there is no will to change, because kutokhala umzaqa. Dictatorship 101.” Kutokhala umzaqa means “someone will get hurt.” Undoubtedly, the perceived sting in the post is the reference to dictatorship, the obvious innuendo being that the Government of this Kingdom is a dictatorship. Below I analyse the wording in the facebook post in the context of each of the relevant constitutional provisions. [28] Section 23(1) creates the right to freedom of thought, conscience or religion. Whichever way one can look at it, the applicant has expressed his thoughts, his views, his opinion. He thinks that there is no will on the part of the Government to change, that someone could get hurt, and that the Government is a dictatorship. He could be right, he could be wrong. As a matter of fact there are many people who may disagree with him. He could, for instance, have said that the Government is democratic, and some people could disagree with that. What this demonstrates is that this is an issue that is open to debate, and in democratic society debate is all but discouraged. It falls squarely within the rubric of the United Nations Human Rights Committee General Comment No.34 on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which sanctions political discourse and commentary on 19