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REVIEW: SKOONHEID: This is no Leon Schuster movie: Skoonheid is an insightful and extremely well-made film, confirming that South African film really has come of age.
REVIEW: SKOONHEID: This is no Leon Schuster movie: Skoonheid is a disturbing, insightful and extremely well-made film, confirming once-again that South African film really has come of age.
A TALENTED LITTLE POOF: Actor, singer and writer Bruce J. Little is a veritable gay national treasure. Meet the brains, brawns and genius behind the brilliant new show, Little Poof 2 - The Fat, the Femme and the Fabulous.
REVIEW: YOU WON’T GET KYLIE OUT OF YOUR HEAD: Kylie Minogue's Sun City show proved once and for all that Minogue is no lightweight pop tart. This girl can sing, perform and hold an audience like a true superstar.
‘ROMEO & JULIET’ GOES GAY: High school Shakespeare was never like this! For the first time, an all-male, gay re-interpretation of the classic love story Romeo and Juliet takes to South African stages. We spoke to the producers.
SOUTH AFRICA LEADS ON GAY RIGHTS IN UN: An African openly-gay member of parliament has spoken in support of South Africa's new landmark resolution on violence on the basis of sexual orientation at the UN.
OLIVER HERMANUS TALKS SKOONHEID & QUEER FILM: Oliver Hermanus talks about Skoonheid, which is not only the first Afrikaans film screened at Cannes but also the winner of the 2011 Queer Palm Award.
NOT SO SUTTLE AFTER ALL: Meet Lindiwe Suttle – daughter of SA’s original talk show queen Felicia and set to be a star in her own right. She talks to Mambaonline about working with Beyoncé and her gay fans…
BOOKS: YOUNG GAY GUYS GUIDE TO SAFER SEX: A new book, giving young gay men a practical and no-holds barred guide to safer gay sex, has been published. Mambaonline talked to author Robin Malan.
GANDHI’S GAY LOVER IN SOUTH AFRICA: Controversy is raging over claims in a new book that Mahatma Gandhi fell in love with a German Jewish man while living in South Africa.