Call me names but gay is not okay.
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) last November overturned a High Court judgment which had previously found Qwelane guilty of hate speech and threw out a challenge he launched to section 10 of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act (PEPUDA), under which Qwelane was originally charged.
The appellate court found the section in question was vague, giving Parliament 18 months to remedy the defects and ordering that in the interim PEPUDA read:
“No person may advocate hatred that is based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexual orientation that constitutes incitement to cause harm.”
His family asked for privacy.
Qwelane was appointed South Africa s ambassador to Uganda in 2010.
Former ambassador, journalist and activist Jon Qwelane has died.
Qwelane s attorney, Andrew Boerner, confirmed his death to News24 on Thursday morning.
Boerner said the family asked for privacy during this time.
Qwelane was appointed South Africa s ambassador to Uganda in 2010.
In 2008, he wrote an unpopular opinion about same-sex marriage in the now defunct Sunday Sun, titled: Call me names, but gay is not okay .
He also lauded former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe s unflinching and unapologetic stance on homosexuality.
EXPLAINER | There could be a few things I could take issue with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, but his unflinching and unapologetic stance over homosexuals is definitely not among those, the column read.