Welkom gay bashing caught on tape (Watch)

A man was set to appear in the Welkom Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday on a charge of assaulting a gay Free State man because of his sexuality. On 11 April, 32-year-old Divan Cross, his partner of three years, and a group of friends went to a local pub for their weekly karaoke night out. “We […]

Leave to appeal granted in Qwelane hate speech case

There’s no end in sight to the Jon Qwelane homophobic hate speech case as he is given leave to appeal the August 2017 judgement against him. On Friday, the high court in Johannesburg allowed the former journalist and columnist to take the matter to the Supreme Court of Appeal. Judge Seun Moshidi said he believes […]

Opinion: Humping When A Hug Would Do

Are you having sex when all you need is to be touched? asks Bruce J. Little.  We all need to be touched. It’s well-documented that babies who were not touched and held after birth stopped developing and often died, even if they received all the nutrition they needed. We may not be babies anymore, but […]