Edwin Cameron, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/justice-edwin-cameron/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Mon, 09 Aug 2021 12:55:35 +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 Edwin Cameron, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/justice-edwin-cameron/ 32 32 Harsh prison terms won’t solve the crisis of gender-based violence https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/08/09/harsh-prison-terms-wont-solve-the-crisis-of-gender-based-violence/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/08/09/harsh-prison-terms-wont-solve-the-crisis-of-gender-based-violence/#respond Mon, 09 Aug 2021 12:50:26 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=105797 The certainty of arrest and prosecution, not long sentences, is what will deter gender-based violence, writes Edwin Cameron.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/08/09/harsh-prison-terms-wont-solve-the-crisis-of-gender-based-violence/feed/ 0 Edwin Cameron World AIDS Day Message 2019 https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/12/01/edwin-cameron-world-aids-day-message-2019/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/12/01/edwin-cameron-world-aids-day-message-2019/#respond Sun, 01 Dec 2019 07:49:43 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=97919 Every year, now-retired Constitutional Court Justice Edwin Cameron pens a World AIDs Day message, published by Exit - SA's longest-running LGBTQ publication - and shared by MambaOnline.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/12/01/edwin-cameron-world-aids-day-message-2019/feed/ 0 Edwin Cameron: 2018 World AIDS Day Message https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/11/30/edwin-cameron-2018-world-aids-day-message/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/11/30/edwin-cameron-2018-world-aids-day-message/#respond Fri, 30 Nov 2018 12:49:31 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=90945 In his 2018 World AIDs Day message, Constitutional Court Justice Edwin Cameron focuses on the deadly impact of stigma and silence on those living with HIV.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/11/30/edwin-cameron-2018-world-aids-day-message/feed/ 0 Justice Edwin Cameron | We must fight stigma https://www.mambaonline.com/2017/12/01/justice-edwin-cameron-must-fight-stigma/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2017/12/01/justice-edwin-cameron-must-fight-stigma/#comments Fri, 01 Dec 2017 04:48:17 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=79057 This year we mark the world’s thirtieth World AIDS Day. From 1 December 1988, every year, the world has observed a special day for this terrible, potentially deadly, deeply stigmatised disease that afflicts some 40 million people across the world, mainly on our continent, Africa. World AIDS Day 1988 was marked in deepest gloom. Just […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2017/12/01/justice-edwin-cameron-must-fight-stigma/feed/ 2 Edwin Cameron 2016 World AIDS Day message: Stigma is the enemy https://www.mambaonline.com/2016/12/01/edwin-cameron-2016-world-aids-day-message-stigma-enemy/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2016/12/01/edwin-cameron-2016-world-aids-day-message-stigma-enemy/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2016 07:56:55 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=69813 With four short words, we can sum up all the wisdom we need to deal with HIV and AIDS effectively: prevention, testing, treatment and anti-stigma. But behind these words lies a grief-stricken history of loss and suffering. A history of shame and fear and self-blame. To understand the power of the four words, we have […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2016/12/01/edwin-cameron-2016-world-aids-day-message-stigma-enemy/feed/ 1 Justice Edwin Cameron: African LGBTIQs are standing up https://www.mambaonline.com/2016/04/12/justice-edwin-cameron-african-lgbtiqs-standing/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2016/04/12/justice-edwin-cameron-african-lgbtiqs-standing/#respond Tue, 12 Apr 2016 05:05:07 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=63067 In April 2008, the body of 31-year old Eudy Simelane, a soccer player on South Africa’s national women’s team, was found in a field in KwaThema township outside Johannesburg. She had been gang-raped and died from multiple stab wounds. She is one of many victims in a series of hate-based rapes and murders targeting black […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2016/04/12/justice-edwin-cameron-african-lgbtiqs-standing/feed/ 0 EDWIN CAMERON: THE SEXUAL MINORITY OF AFRICA MUST BE HEARD https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/04/25/edwin-cameron-the-sexual-minority-of-africa-must-be-heard/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/04/25/edwin-cameron-the-sexual-minority-of-africa-must-be-heard/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:52:20 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=41154 A destructive wave of hatred against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender persons seems to be gaining force across Africa. In this groundswell of hate, Nigeria this year enacted punitive laws that criminalise not only same-sex marriages but belonging to gay rights organisations. And Uganda now has a like-minded law imposing harsh sentences for same-sex acts, […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/04/25/edwin-cameron-the-sexual-minority-of-africa-must-be-heard/feed/ 2 MANDELA: A HERO FOR ALL OF US https://www.mambaonline.com/2013/07/17/mandela-a-hero-for-all-of-us/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2013/07/17/mandela-a-hero-for-all-of-us/#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2013 02:00:00 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=30629 As the world celebrates Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday while he remains hospitalised, Constitutional Court Justice Edwin Cameron writes for Mambaonline.com about the iconic leader’s role in South Africa’s struggle for LGBTI equality.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2013/07/17/mandela-a-hero-for-all-of-us/feed/ 0 EDWIN CAMERON: WORLD AIDS DAY 2011 https://www.mambaonline.com/2011/11/30/edwin-cameron-world-aids-day-2011/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2011/11/30/edwin-cameron-world-aids-day-2011/#respond https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=15947 Justice Edwin Cameron, the inspiring, openly-gay Justice of South Africa's highest court, the Constitutional Court, writes frankly about HIV and how it’s affected his life.

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