South African Ambassador to Uganda Jon Qwelane Hate Speech Trial Goes to High Court
By Melanie Nathan, August 30, 2012. Jon Qwelane, the homophobic journalist who was appointed by President Jacob Zuma as the South African Ambassador to Uganda in exchange for political favors, and to escape prosecution for hate speech, successfully pleaded that the Equality Court in the Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court did not have the jurisdiction to hear… More South African Ambassador to Uganda Jon Qwelane Hate Speech Trial Goes to High Court