South Africa's Huffington Post Editor Quits After Blog Ruling

A controversial blog post that was published in the Huffington Post South Africa "Could It Be Time To Deny White Men The Franchise?", was deemed as "hate speech" by the press ombudsman and has led to the resignation of the paper's editor Verashni Pillay.

Screenshot from a blog on The Huffington Post titled "Could It Be Time To Deny White Men The Franchise?".

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