SA bans Botswana-bound homophobic American pastor

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While the South African Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender (LGBT) community are celebrating the non-entry of American homophobic pastor, Steven Anderson, their local counterparts are also gearing to block his entry.

The SA minister of home affairs Malusi Gigaba yesterday in Parliament announced that the pastor has been denied entry on the basis of hate speech.

In what was described as victory for the LGBT community, Gigaba said Anderson was denied entry in terms of the Immigration Act having made repeated undesirable remarks about everything. He explained that Anderson and his people are undesirable people who should not be allowed to continue with their hate speech.

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