City Press editor Ferial Haffajee says she will remove Brett Murray's controversial image, "The Spear", from the publication's website.
She also told Talk Radio 702 that she would post a column about her decision on the website.
In the interview with the radio station, Haffajee, said her stance on publishing an image with President Jacob Zuma's private parts exposed, had shifted.
She said the debate had become a clash, and the publication did not want to be part of that.
Haffajee said she was also concerned about the personal safety of the newspaper's vendors, and journalists, after ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe called for a boycott of City Press last week.
