South Africa's Former Uganda Ambassador Guilty of Hate Speech

Jon Qwelane, former newspaper columnist and ambassador to Uganda, has been found guilty of hate speech by a high court and ordered to offer the LGBT community an unconditional apology within 30 days for a 2008 column he wrote titled "Call Me Names, But Gay Is Not Okay".

Jon Qwelane (file photo).

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