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latest news & developmentsBetween memory and forgiveness: A cross-continental love story
Blurb online A relationship that started in Ghana, and ended in South Africa, was shaped by privilege, fear and lessons learned about listening and resilience
Small win for activists, but SA’s HIV projects won’t reopen
The $400 million the United States congress removed from a list of funding programmes the Trump administration wants to cut doesn’t cancel the cuts to HIV and TB programmes made…
Amendments to the voluntary organisations Act threatens civic space in Zimbabwe
Repression in the country is cloaked in reform through the suppression of nonprofit organisations
‘First They Came’: Global rise of authoritarianism is everyone’s fight for rights
If we do not speak out against the erosion of rights by authoritarian leaders, anti-rights movements will be emboldened everywhere
Gogo Manzini on Pride, tradition, and transformation
The celebrity sangoma sees Pride as a catalyst for transformation in traditional spaces
Transgender celebrity Bobrisky jailed in Nigeria
She was convicted for ‘spraying’ bank notes into the air but even her detractors believe she is being punished for defying the country’s conservatism regarding gender and sexuality
The African Union must protect queer people’s rights
Many African countries have signed international treaties that commit them to protect human rights, yet they have laws that discriminate against people on the basis of their…
‘Bitches Brew: Fast, feminist and furious
In their exhibition ‘Bitches Brew’, three South African artists juggle good manners and the grotesque
Women and LGBTQIA+ people amplified in new Voice of the Year awards
Four out of five expert opinions are given by men. A nonprofit wants to change this
One Show, Two Takes: Uncoupled
Uncoupled is bingeworthy escapism about sex, love and stereotypes
Most churches in the LGBTQ+ Dark Ages
Homophobia persists in mainstream churches despite the acceptance of the queer community by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane and Bishop Paul Verryn
The harrying of Kathleen Stock
The bitterly polarised controversy over the status of transgender people has spawned attacks on freedom of thought and speech at British and South African universities
Workplace diversity is under the spotlight
Companies are beginning to realise that diverse groups such as women, working parents and LGBTQ+ employees, have been worse affected by the pandemic
Sex workers, LGBTQ+ and undocumented people struggle to find shelters, says report
Human Rights Watch says large-scale efforts and resources are needed to prevent even worse gender-based violence statistics
The Covid pandemic has exacerbated weaknesses in health systems, particularly in poor countries
Strategic investments in health care for all are needed to ensure safe births, treatment of tuberculosis, malaria, measles, pneumonia and diarrhoea, and children are vaccinated