CAPE TOWN — Vuvuzelas are entitled to a fair hearing, but not in court, a magistrate in one of Cape Town’s special World Cup courts decided yesterday.

As a prosecutor explained that a man charged with making a bomb threat had secured an advocate to defend his case, regional magistrate Deon Oosthuysen asked court orderlies to shut the windows to keep out the drone of the vuvuzelas. “They have a rightful place, but not in court,” he said.

The court is only two blocks from the fan fest.