Comments on: HEALING FROM HATE

By: Wolfgang

Wolfgang — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

No more to say. Congratulations to Jeanine , she said it so wonderfull , and there is nothing to add .
Please give us some Adrresses to write to, THANKS FOR THE ARTICLE ,
and to Jon Qwelane :
I wonder if he perhaps have some Homosexual Feelings too , but he cannot live them…….

By: j

Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Wolfgang.

addresses. send mails to voice your disconent to:
(lrulashe@sundaysun.co.za) & cc the senior general manager for RCP Media Sarel du Plessis (sduplessis@naspers.com
Ombudsman

ombudsman@presscouncil.org.za;

Human Rights Commission

mmoletsane@sahrc.org.za; msetsubi@sahrc.org.za; vmoaga@sahrc.org.za; lmolepo@sahrc.org.za; smutlwane@sahrc.org.za

Deon Du Plessis: the publisher of the Sunday Sun

– ddupless@dailysun.co.za

Media24
Lutfia Vayej (head corporate comms)

lvayej@media24.com

Nokia
delia.griggs@nokia.com

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

well done!. Thanks for the article Jeanine. Well written and exactly what most of us feel! Hope more people will take action too!

Martin

By: James

James — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

a good piece, yes…

BUT, as ever (or as often) the pple most likely to read this are the “converted.” It’s in the “mainstream” that thigns need arguing….And the fact that the publisher of the sunday sun (like Qwelane himself) is trying to dress this up as a happy exercise in “freedom of expression” is completrely outrageous.

By: N

Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

MAYBE HE IS A CLOSETTED CASE, I ALWAYS WONDER ABOUT HOMOPHOBES, THERE MUST BE A REASON FOR THEIR FEAR, IS IT THE FEAR OF THEIR OWN NEEDS AND DESIRES

By: Brr

Brr — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Tough stuff. Crazy shit going on man, the hypocrisy in our society is overwhelming.

It does create a sense of apathy, I am straight but the kind of hate speech spouted by John Q is unacceptable, strange how some peoples hate speech get them fired but others go completely unpunished.

Ah fuck it, its too frustrating, thats my attitude. Its not Jeanine's though and we should appreciate her for that.

Brr

By: Johan

Johan — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Mainstream media. Brilliant article, but as somebody has pointed out – this this is preaching to the converted. How do we get this published in the mainstream media? Not as a letter but as an article. I think the online editor of Mail & Guardian will run it, he is sympathetic to our cause…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Jon Qwelane-the goat!. Jon Qwelane is a disgrace to the field of journalism. The one thing that he needs to rid himself of is TRIBALISM. One would expect people like him to be more liberal and well-informed. It is apparent that the Sunday Sun shares the same sentiments or else they would have done something by now.

By: Dvine99

Dvine99 — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Awe inspiring. Excellent article
These are the kind of powerful words that the public needs to be exposed to, instead of the filth that people like Mr. Qwelane portrays as the truth.

Keep them coming Jeanine!!

By: Shane Wilson

Shane Wilson — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

John "Goebbels" Qwelane. Sipho and I lived through the hell of apartheid as a mixed-race gay couple; we were both active in our liberation struggle, and we longed so much for a free South Africa where we could live normal lives. Sipho was murdered by koevoet agents (the apartheid death squad) in 1993, just short of our tenth anniversary as a couple, less than a year before our first free elections. When he died a part of me died with him.

What I read in John Qwelane's hate-filled column brought back for me painful memories of what Sipho and I went through as part of our everyday experiences; we were two very ordinary men, doing very ordinary day-to-day things, who just happened to be deeply in love with each other.

It was hate-filled people that killed Sipho, people who believed, and then acted on, the inhuman and completely false teachings that they had been given. It is my considered opinion that John Qwelane's column will be believed by many of his readers, people who may then act on his hideous teaching, resulting in the murder of gay people.

Whatever gay blood may be spilled as a result of John Qwelane's hatred will be on his hands as the inspirer and motivator behind it. God forbid that these things will happen!