Comments on: SA GOVT LAUNCHES HISTORIC GAY RIGHTS CAMPAIGN

By: Lance Weyer

Lance Weyer — Tue, 06 May 2014 19:14:40 +0000

I’m so pleased that something is finally happening after so many years of stalling and excused! Hooray!

By: Peter Duncan

Peter Duncan — Fri, 02 May 2014 07:51:57 +0000

Can’t take this seriously. Not to condemn Uganda is to condone its Human rights violations. It is a false unity if African counties support each others Human rights violations. Unity at the expense of Human well being is what is keeping Africa back from progress and poor. The ANC is very uncaring of gay people. At home Affairs I understand everything possible is being done to block Gays from getting married. Why was no Gay pride march allowed in Johannesburg last year? ANC said nothing about the intimidation then

By: Sibusiso

Sibusiso — Thu, 01 May 2014 15:07:49 +0000

This site likes to make the ANC look uncaring to LGBTI and the constitution that they (the ANC) themselves have signed in. Even here the writer fails to mention that this is the ANC govt that is taking this initiative and instead continues to harp on the failure to condemn Ugandan and Nigerian legislation. These countries don’t go around condemning our constitution and legislation, so why must we jump in with the west and aggravate the situation of the LGBTI citizens of those countries? It is important that in these times, all African countries stay friendly and united. Viva comrade Radebe! Viva the ANC viva!!

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 01 May 2014 12:43:01 +0000

And people actually fall for this? How convenient the timing for this announcement is: just before elections. Surely if the government was so concerned about South African LGBTI, they would have done something to speed up the trials of suspected killers. But, alas, it took years for victims of hate crimes to see justice. The SAPS is disinterested in doing their job when it comes to investigating the murders of LGBTI people, as we saw recently. If lobbies and the media don’t bully them into action, they do nothing. If the SA Government didn’t say a word about the human rights of gays in Uganda and Nigeria, what makes these enthused, naive people think that they will do anything in our favour after the elections. It’s all electioneering. Nothing but words on paper that will be put aside after the 7th of May.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 01 May 2014 07:49:39 +0000

It’s election time! Let’s hope this campaign is sutained, despite Zuma saying that ‘as a young man he would have knocked down any gay in front of him’.

By: jayson

jayson — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 19:09:58 +0000

This makes me so proud! We have a long journey ahead of us…STILL but this is a big move and a step in the right direction. Now I’d like to see as many comments on here as we usually do when it comes to the white gay south African issues on here! We should all feel proud that as Africans…SOUTH Africans we have an amazing constitution that protects us! The rest of Africa can learn from us….

By: Frans-Petrus

Frans-Petrus — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 09:51:18 +0000

I am very impressed by this move. Especially the TV add idea, and pamphlet idea, we’ll have to see if they pull through on these. And I have to point out, that I think if it were not for the various LGBTI groups around the country who staged protests, wrote letters and made a big sound about the hate crimes, we would never have come to this point. Once again questioning the LGBTI civil societies decision to abide by the SA Government’s stance on how the Uganda LGBTI situation must be dealt with. The last time they told us all to just leave it alone and be quiet.