EXCLUSIVE: MEET AFRICA’S FIRST OPENLY-GAY BLACK MP
Wednesday’s swearing in of MPs for South Africa’s fifth democratic Parliament was an especially historic occasion; it featured the induction of the first openly-gay black Member of Parliament on the continent, Zakhele Mbhele. South Africa has boasted a handful of proudly gay MPs before, notably Ian Ollis, who game out to voters here on Mambaonline […]
HEALTH: HAPPY AND GAY?
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way” – Viktor E. Frankl When I think of “health”, my mind automatically conjures up images of Dischem supplements, spinach, lunges, squats, treadmills and […]
EMPTY PROMISES OR NEW BEGINNINGS?
Things are looking up, right? Just days ago, our beloved Caster Semenya was in the headlines of none other than the Daily Sun, not because her gender or hormone levels were, once again, put under a degrading spotlight, but because she had announced her soon-to-be marriage to her girlfriend. And less than a month ago, […]
TERRIFIED UGANDAN LESBIAN BEGS TO STAY IN UK
There are frantic efforts under way to stop the imminent deportation of a young traumatised Ugandan lesbian woman who faces abuse and possible imprisonment and even death in her homeland. A petition has been launched calling on the UK’s Home Office to not deport Aidah Asaba back to Uganda on Saturday. In October last year, Asaba […]