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Pride Marchers Celebrate Progress in Townships But Justice System Must Do Better:
About 100 people, some waving rainbow flags, marched through the streets of Strand in Cape Town to celebrate the 12th Khumbulani Pride event.
Khumbulani Pride: Rainbow flags fill the streets of Nyanga and Gugulethu:
More than 150 people with rainbow flags marched through Gugulethu and Nyanga at the weekend to mark the 11th year of the Khumbulani Pride.
March in Khayelitsha to mark 10 years of Khumbulani Pride:
Over 100 people marked 10 years of Khumbulani Pride by marching to the Harare police station in Khayelitsha, Cape Town at the weekend.
Family and friends of murdered Phelokazi Mqathanya unveil mural in Khayelitsha:
Activists in Cape Town unveiled a mural honouring murdered lesbian Phelokazi Mqathanya along with a message for her killer.
Murdered Khayelitsha woman’s family say justice system failed them:
Activists claim shoddy police work led to the collapse of the case against the man accused of murdering lesbian Phelokazi Mqathanya.
Khayelitsha lesbian hate crime murder case postponed 14 times since May:
The trial of the man accused of committing a hate crime when he allegedly fatally stabbed Phelokazi Mqathanya, is set to finally start.
Delay in lesbian murder case as Khayelitsha court runs out of paper:
The trial of the man accused of murdering 24-year-old lesbian Phelokazi Mqathanya been postponed again, this time because the court ran out of paper.
Khayelitsha police are failing the queer community, say activists:
Activists have threatened to shut down the Khayelitsha police station unless the SAPS changes the way police deal with the queer community.