DUDUZILE ZOZO CASE: WHERE’S RAPID RESPONSE TEAM?
Duduzile Zozo’s family’s hope that justice for the raped and murdered young lesbian was in the offing was dashed on Monday. The trial of the man accused of strangling and raping Zozo with a toilet brush has been postponed by another five months. The 26-year-old openly lesbian woman’s brutalised body was found in Thokoza, east […]
NEW GAY BLOOD RULES: APPLAUSE & ANGER
While the change to South Africa’s blood donation rules allowing gay men to donate has been widely welcomed, some have reacted with concern and even anger. Last week, Mambaonline reported that the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) had put a new non-discriminatory policy in place that allows anyone who’s been in a monogamous relationship […]
US ENDORSES HIV PREVENTION DRUGS IN GAY ADS
America’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a controversial new HIV prevention campaign aimed at gay men. The ‘Start Talking, Stop HIV’ national campaign encourages gay and bisexual men to talk openly and honestly to each other about HIV before they have sex. “It’s time to turn the volume up on HIV […]
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 […]
REPORT: HIV POSITIVE UGANDANS FORCED TO WEAR UNIFORMS
There are disturbing but unconfirmed reports that people in a Ugandan district who are HIV positive are to be forced to wear uniforms so that they can be identified as carrying the virus. Ugandan activists, including the internationally recognised human rights defender Kasha Jacqueline, have posted a picture of a local newspaper report (see left) that […]
SA FINALLY ENDS GAY BLOOD DONATION BAN
In a victory for fairness and equality, sexually active gay men are now finally allowed to donate blood in South Africa. In the past, gay men or men who have sex with men (MSM) were seen as being at high risk of being infected with HIV and could only donate blood to the South African […]
AMERICANS IN FURORE OVER GAY FOOTBALLER TV KISS
A joyous kiss between gay footballer Michael Sam and his boyfriend shown on national television has enraged homophobes across the US but will undoubtedly have a massive cultural and social impact in years to come. On Saturday, an emotional Sam kissed boyfriend Vito Cammisano after hearing the news that he’d become the first openly gay […]
LIMPOPO PRIDE MARRED BY LESBIAN TEEN RAPE
This weekend’s third annual Limpopo Pride in Polokwane was marred by the horrific rape of a teenage lesbian girl. The event was held under the theme of “LGBTI rights are human rights.” Cindy Molefe, from the Limpopo LGBTI Proudly Out group, told Mambaonline that the 17-year-old schoolgirl was trying to get home in the early […]
GAY HATE SPEECH PASTOR CASE GOES TO MEDIATION
The hate speech case against a homophobic Western Cape pastor – who said that Archbishop Desmond Tutu would burn in hell for supporting gay equality – won’t be heard it court, at least for now. On 23 April, Pastor Oscar Bougardt appeared before the Equality Court to face hate speech charges brought by the South […]
CLERIC: INTERNET TURNS PEOPLE INTO GAYS & SATANISTS
A Kenyan religious leader has proclaimed that social media is to blame for turning people gay and into Satanists. According to Kenya’s The Star, Reverend Edward Mwai laid the blame for so-called “increased cases of lesbianism and gayism” on the internet. In a sermon at the Jesus Winner Ministry in Nairobi, Mwai said that chatting […]