The Swaziland writer at the centre of a gay hate speech
storm has been suspended by his newspaper.
The Times of Swaziland
acted against Qalakaliboli Dlamini when an ‘unprecedented’ number of readers complained
at his article last week attacking homosexuals.
His weekly column did not appear yesterday (20 May 2012) and
may never appear again.
Times Sunday
editor Innocent Maphalala told his readers, ‘As Editor, I also take full
responsibility for publication of the said article and unreservedly apologise
to all our readers who found it in bad taste.’
He said, ‘We have received an unprecedented number of
concerns regarding Qalakaliboli’s last article.’
A formal complaint to the Times of Swaziland readers’ ombudsman has been made against Dlamini
for breaking the Swaziland National Association of Journalists code of ethical
conduct.
Separately, Times
Managing Editor Mbongeni Mbingo said, ‘We shall be having further discussions
on a permanent way forward.’
See also
‘TIMES’ GAY HATE – CALL TO UMBUDSMAN
NEW ATTACK ON ‘TIMES’ HATE SPEECH
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