Prof Lumumba, 60, is a respected Kenyan lawyer, and was director of the Kenya School of Law for four years and before that had headed South Africa's constitution was the first in the world to protect people from discrimination because of their sexual orientation. Uganda now has among the harshest anti-LGBTQ laws in the world. The EFF had held demonstrations in April outside the UgandanĮmbassy in the capital, Pretoria, to express its opposition to the anti-homosexuality However, the party is standing by its decision, with Mr Malema saying that “allowingĭifferent views makes a discourse even more exciting”. Other South Africans on social media have asked the EFF to

To give the address there as his presence would signal the institution's acceptance of his Some UCT staff and students have demanded that he not be allowed It is scheduled to be held at UCT’s Sarah Baartman Hall. Mark the 10th anniversary of the EFF party founded by firebrand politician The lecture he has been asked to deliver is part of events to The right thing” by signing an anti-gay bill into law. Month congratulated Uganda’s president for “defying Western countries and doing Prof Patrick 'PLO' Lumumba is alleged to hold homophobic views - and last Lecture in July at the University of Cape Town (UCT).

Is facing a backlash for its decision to invite a Kenyan academic to give a South Africa’s opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party Getty Images Copyright: Getty Images EFF leader Julius Malema says allowing different views makes for more exciting discourse Image caption: EFF leader Julius Malema says allowing different views makes for more exciting discourse

Daily nation headlines today