Court orders homophobe Ngizwe Mchunu to shut up

Tribalist told to retract LGBTQI+ hate remarks

- By Ngwako Malatji

Advocacy groups TransHope and the Hate Crime Working Group have obtained an interim interdict in the Joburg High Court to gag radio enfant terrible, Ngizwe Mchunu, from spewing anti-gay diatribes.

Mchunu, the president of Amabhinca, was ordered not to organise, promote, lead or participate in any march or other demonstration against LGBTQIA+ persons at KwaMai Mai in Joburg.

"Mr Mchunu shall, within 12 hours of service of this order on him by email or WhatsApp, remove any material he has published on any online platform (including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp channels or WhatsApp groups) that directly or indirectly discriminates against any LGBTQIA+ persons or communities," reads the order, which we have seen.

The application was launched after Mchunu, an incorrigible homophobe, took to social media under the pretext of taking the cudgels on behalf of Zulu King Misuzulu, and called on gay people to refrain from wearing the Zulu garb because they were defiling its sanctity.