Jon qwelane
Jon Qwelane to receive special provincial official funeral
Qwelane died on Christmas Eve and will be laid to rest Monday in Mahikeng.
Qwelane’s attorney Andrew Boerner has confirmed he passed away earlier on Thursday.
The Human Rights Commission has been joined by various organisations to challenge a Supreme Court ruling that upheld the columnist’s appeal of an Equality Court judgment.
The South African Human Rights Commission says freedom of speech must be balanced with the right to dignity.
The SAHRC says the judgment is important for society as a whole because it spells out the difference between hate and freedom of speech.
The High Court in Johannesburg has ruled that Jon Qwelane’s comments made in a published article in 2008 are found to incite violence in the LGBTI community.
The former journalist and ambassador to Uganda published an article in 2008 titled 'Call me names, but gay is not okay'.
Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor says SA doesn’t comment on legislation of other countries.