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Hate speech and LGBTI rights: perspectives from the Jon Qwelane case

Opinion Atilla Kisla - 18 Sep 2020

South Africa has an obligation to prohibit hate speech under international law, including against LGBTI persons. But now the Constitutional Court has to decide whether the hate speech provision is constitutional

Covid-19 deepens the educational divide

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 26 Jun 2020

With the closure of schools, learning has moved to online platforms across the world, but a UNESCO report said only 12% of households in the least-developed countries have internet access at home

EDITORIAL: Nigerian law is the criminal, not gay people

Article Editorial - 13 Dec 2019

Social mores and prejudices forged in Lagos are echoed in the intimate spaces of people all over the continent

MPs must kill the anti-gay Bill in Uganda

Article Rainer Ebert - 18 Oct 2019

Proposed legislation imposes the death penalty for gay sex or ‘recruitment’. But love is not a crime

A very African queerness

Africa Kevin Mwachiro - 10 Oct 2019

Love Falls On Us by Robbie Corey-Boulet explores queer spaces across Africa

Shining a light on lesbian experiences in Nigeria

Africa Mamello Sejake - 22 Aug 2019

Pamela Adie’s LGBTQIA+ documentary ‘Under the Rainbow’, celebrates resilience and the pursuit of happiness and delivers its message as a love letter

Folau ‘anti-gay’ crowdfunding campaign shut down

Article Agency - 24 Jun 2019

Folau, a purportedly devout Christian, was fired last month after a Rugby Australia tribunal found him guilty of "high-level" misconduct

Kenya high court will not repeal anti-LGBT law

Africa Carl Collison - 24 May 2019

The three-judge bench ruled that the laws do not in any way violate the rights of LGBT Kenyans

Binyavanga Wainaina dies, aged 48

Article Aaisha Dadi Patel - 22 May 2019

The Kenyan writer and activist died on Tuesday night after suffering a stroke

Explosively queer in biased areas

Article Carl Collison - 10 May 2019

Artist and curator Claudio Bueno revisits the misery of a homophobic district with new queer energy

The Muslims who will not choose between their god and being gay

Article Carl Collison - 18 Apr 2019

Cape Town’s gay men won’t abandon Islam, despite the censure they sometimes face

Be your queer black self in Brazil

Article Carl Collison - 5 Apr 2019

A monthly party sees crowds of up to 50 000 letting their hair down in São Paulo and other cities

No truth for Gambia’s queer people

Africa Josh Scheinert - 15 Mar 2019

Despite the demise of a dictator and a reparations process, no one will speak out

Bid to queer SA’s political arena

Article Carl Collison - 22 Feb 2019

There’s a move to equip LGBTIQ people with skills to become leaders and decision-makers

The fear of the feminine is futile

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Nov 2018

The heterosexual community is not the only group responsible for gender suppression

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ConCourt asked to rule that Zuma must testify for 10 days next year

emma balfour - 4 Dec 2020

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This is how the SIU catches crooks

Athandiwe Saba - 3 Dec 2020

Athandiwe Saba talked to the Special Investigating Unit’s Andy Mothibi about its caseload, including 1 000 Covid contracts

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FNB dragged into bribery claims

khaya koko - 3 Dec 2020

Allegations of bribery against the bank’s chief executive, Jacques Celliers, thrown up in a separate court case

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Gender-Based Violence

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POWER Business #OnTheMoney talks to Risenga Maluleke, South African Statistician-General

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special reports - 30 Nov 2020

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special reports - 30 Nov 2020

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Centre for Women & Gender Studies

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

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Greening the Future

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

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