This site was not shut down by the authorites, it was shut down by the site owner because his real name had come out cause he was caught hacking another right wingers facebook and gmail.
As he had said such disgusting things on his website he was scared someone would get back at him so he HIMSELF shut it down. Thats it. No soldiers of the ANC shut it down, no free speech was affected in this.. the dude shut down his own hate site.
But you guys dont care about the facts its all about "free speech", when thats not the issue here. *sigh*
A better question is would various law enforcement departments in America have gotten involved in a cyber crime. The answer is yes. So I disagree with Bwana. If someone in America had commited cyber crimes like hacking. Then yes, as it has happened in the past in America and as it will happen in the future in America. It happened to Kevin Mitnick. This is what happened in this case, the ANC, the police etc did not take his right away for free speech, they arrested him for breaking the law and hacking. He would have been bunny jumped in jail and his site closed down right away if this was about free speech. There would have also been a court order to close the website down if it was about free speech.
I swear, its like a goose farting against a hurricane to try speak rationally to a mob.