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Con Court: Jon Qwelane guilty but hate speech definition amended

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In a long-fought victory for SA’s LGBT+ community, the Constitutional Court has upheld the Jon Qwelane hate speech conviction but ordered that the Equality Act be amended. On Friday, the court found in a unanimous judgement that Qwelane’s 2008 article, Call me names, but gay is NOT okay, was indeed hate speech.

In the now-infamous piece, the late journalist suggested that homosexuality is similar to bestiality, said he supported Robert Mugabe’s homophobia and urged politicians to remove the sexual orientation equality clause from the Constitution.

The article outraged the LGBT+ community and, after receiving more than 350 complaints, the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) instituted proceedings against Qwelane.

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