Judgment in the hate speech case against ANC Youth League president Julius Malema was reserved in the Equality Court on Tuesday.

Magistrate Colleen Collis said she would indicate the date on which judgment would be handed down at a later stage.

Malema was taken to court by the Sonke Gender Justice Network over his comments that President Jacob Zuma's rape accuser had "a nice time".

This, because the woman woke up in Zuma's home the following morning, took a shower, made phone calls in which she did not tell the people she called about the alleged rape, and later had breakfast.

Malema's comments came after Zuma was acquitted on the rape charge.

Malema's lawyer Tumi Mokwena said in his closing argument that the Equality Act sought to protect real rape victims, adding that Zuma's accuser was found to have been a liar in the rape trial.

He said Malema's comments were merely a restatement of the rape trial judgment and therefore judgment in the Equality case should be made in favour of freedom of expression.

Mokwena further read out some parts of the rape trial judgment that discredited Zuma's accuser to support his stance that Malema's comments stemmed from it.

He further said the Constitution gave Malema the right to freedom of expression.

But, Sonke's lawyer, Chris Todd, pointed out that the section of the Constitution quoted by Mokwena also included prohibitions in terms of a person's conduct, which the defence did not mention in court.

Sonke took Malema to court saying his comments about Zuma's accuser were damaging to rape victims and women who were afraid to report the crime.

The organisation is demanding an apology from Malema and that he pay R50 000 to a shelter for abused women.

But Mokwena said there was no evidence or statistics that indicated that Malema's comments had such an impact on these women.