Frans Viljoen, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://mamba.lgbt/author/frans-viljoen/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:20:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.mambaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-mamba_logo_output-32x32.png Frans Viljoen, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://mamba.lgbt/author/frans-viljoen/ 32 32 LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/03/22/lgbtq-rights-african-union-watchdog-goes-back-on-its-own-word/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/03/22/lgbtq-rights-african-union-watchdog-goes-back-on-its-own-word/#respond Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:20:49 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=112014 The primary human rights watchdog in Africa recently made a decision to deny a voice to already marginalised LGBTQ+ people on the continent.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/03/22/lgbtq-rights-african-union-watchdog-goes-back-on-its-own-word/feed/ 0 Africa’s rights commission can – and should – do more for sexual minorities https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/05/14/africas-rights-commission-can-and-should-do-more-for-sexual-minorities/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/05/14/africas-rights-commission-can-and-should-do-more-for-sexual-minorities/#respond Tue, 14 May 2019 12:25:34 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=94451 The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights is in danger of losing its autonomy after it took away the observer status of the Coalition of African Lesbians, writes Frans Viljoen.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/05/14/africas-rights-commission-can-and-should-do-more-for-sexual-minorities/feed/ 0 Opinion | Abolition of Angola’s anti-gay laws may pave the way for regional reform https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/02/18/opinion-abolition-of-angolas-anti-gay-laws-may-pave-the-way-for-regional-reform/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/02/18/opinion-abolition-of-angolas-anti-gay-laws-may-pave-the-way-for-regional-reform/#respond Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:11:21 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=92680 Angola has decriminalised consensual same-sex acts between adults in private. Could this be a sign we're reaching a tipping point in the SADC region?

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