Jon Qwelane approached the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein after the High Court in Johannesburg found him guilty of hate speech in 2017
The SCA in Bloemfontein is hearing Qwelane’s appeal against the South Gauteng High Court ruling which found him guilty of hate speech in 2017 following a column he had written in a Sunday newspaper in 2008 against gay people. Legal representative for Qwelane, Advocate Mark Oppenheimer has submitted that the article was in no way promoting violence against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community. He argued that the article was just an expression of desire.
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