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Mark Gevisser and Tiwonge Chimbalanga at the StreetScapes  Community Garden in Cape Town, where she works (Ellen Elmendorp)

‘Courageous reinvention’: an extract from Mark Gevisser’s ‘The Pink Line’

In this extract from Mark Gevisser’s new book, Aunty, fleeing abuse and witchcraft, treks to northern Malawi

New start: Tiwonge Chimbalanga now lives in Tambo Village  near Manenberg. She loves being in South Africa but life is still difficult for LGBTI people living in Malawi.

Aunty Titi finds a home on Cape Flats

Jailed in Malawi for her same-sex marriage, she’ll visit her country but never live there

No respite for Africa’s transgender poster girl

From homophobic Malawi to the perils of Gugulethu, Aunty faces an uncertain future.

Oppression across ?continents

The TriContinental Human Rights Film Festival opens in Johannesburg this weekend, with its usual full slate of documentaries from around the world.

After pardon

After pardon, Malawi’s gay couple splits

The gay couple in Malawi, who were spared a prison sentence by a pardon, said on Tuesday they have split nearly six months after the wedding.

Malawi gay couple call president ‘caring father’

Malawi gay couple call president ‘caring father’

A Malawian gay couple who received a presidential pardon for sodomy have called President Bingu wa Mutharika a "caring father".

Malawi gay couple keep low profile after pardon

Malawi gay couple keep low profile after pardon

A gay couple from Malawi have kept out of the public eye after being pardoned and freed, in what a relative said was a deliberate decision.

Malawi gay couple face harsh prison sentences

Malawi gay couple face harsh prison sentences

Case of married gay couple in Malawi could become a test for emerging gay rights lobby where homosexuality is illegal in 37 African countries.

Malawi court refuses to hear gay couple’s case

Malawi’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday refused to hear the case of a gay couple arrested for holding the nation’s first public same-sex wedding.