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SAWEI, South Africa’s 2026 LGBT+ Workplace Equality Index, Launched

The 2026 SAWEI, Africa’s only index measuring LGBT+ workplace inclusion, launched, with employers of all sizes urged to participate.

Discover how Niall Griffin’s bold design brings Moffie to life at the Baxter Theatre, blending set, light, costume, and emotion.

In the lead-up to the Soweto Pride weekend on 26–27 September, a series of build-up activities will take place. Here are the details!

Miss Drag South Africa 2025 unveils its finalists, celebrating compassion, talent, and community ahead of the December crowning gala.

Hong Kong lawmakers have overwhelmingly rejected a bill that would have offered some legal recognition to same-sex partnerships.

Landmark EU legal opinion affirms legal gender recognition and identity documents matching lived gender as a fundamental right.

An overview of LGBTIQ+ rights violations, hate speech incidents and updates in South Africa in August 2025, compiled by MambaOnline.

Botswana’s LGBTQ+ community is reeling at the murder of Kenosi Mokobamotho, a beloved model, MC, and choreographer, in a suspected hate crime.

Remembering Giorgio Armani, queer fashion icon, whose timeless style and courage reshaped global fashion and inspired generations worldwide.

Gay chief and activist Davis Mac-Iyalla has spoken out against the new law passed in Burkina Faso to criminalise homosexuality.