Mary-Anne Gontsana, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://mamba.lgbt/author/mary-anne-gontsana/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Mon, 19 May 2025 17:25:40 +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 Mary-Anne Gontsana, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://mamba.lgbt/author/mary-anne-gontsana/ 32 32 Pride Marchers Celebrate Progress in Townships But Justice System Must Do Better https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/05/19/pride-marchers-celebrate-progress-in-townships-but-justice-system-must-do-better/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/05/19/pride-marchers-celebrate-progress-in-townships-but-justice-system-must-do-better/#respond Mon, 19 May 2025 17:22:03 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=121496 About 100 people, some waving rainbow flags, marched through the streets of Strand in Cape Town to celebrate the 12th Khumbulani Pride event.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/05/19/pride-marchers-celebrate-progress-in-townships-but-justice-system-must-do-better/feed/ 0 Khumbulani Pride: Rainbow flags fill the streets of Nyanga and Gugulethu https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/05/20/khumbulani-pride-rainbow-flags-fill-the-streets-of-nyanga-and-gugulethu/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/05/20/khumbulani-pride-rainbow-flags-fill-the-streets-of-nyanga-and-gugulethu/#respond Mon, 20 May 2024 17:31:57 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=116781 More than 150 people with rainbow flags marched through Gugulethu and Nyanga at the weekend to mark the 11th year of the Khumbulani Pride.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/05/20/khumbulani-pride-rainbow-flags-fill-the-streets-of-nyanga-and-gugulethu/feed/ 0 March in Khayelitsha to mark 10 years of Khumbulani Pride https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/05/23/march-in-khayelitsha-to-mark-10-years-of-khumbulani-pride/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/05/23/march-in-khayelitsha-to-mark-10-years-of-khumbulani-pride/#respond Tue, 23 May 2023 14:28:41 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=112588 Over 100 people marked 10 years of Khumbulani Pride by marching to the Harare police station in Khayelitsha, Cape Town at the weekend.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/05/23/march-in-khayelitsha-to-mark-10-years-of-khumbulani-pride/feed/ 0 Family and friends of murdered Phelokazi Mqathanya unveil mural in Khayelitsha https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/03/27/family-and-friends-of-murdered-phelokazi-mqathanya-unveil-mural-in-khayelitsha/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/03/27/family-and-friends-of-murdered-phelokazi-mqathanya-unveil-mural-in-khayelitsha/#respond Mon, 27 Mar 2023 14:39:32 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=112068 Activists in Cape Town unveiled a mural honouring murdered lesbian Phelokazi Mqathanya along with a message for her killer.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/03/27/family-and-friends-of-murdered-phelokazi-mqathanya-unveil-mural-in-khayelitsha/feed/ 0 Murdered Khayelitsha woman’s family say justice system failed them https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/02/02/murdered-khayelitsha-womans-family-say-justice-system-failed-them/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/02/02/murdered-khayelitsha-womans-family-say-justice-system-failed-them/#respond Thu, 02 Feb 2023 16:18:07 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=111435 Activists claim shoddy police work led to the collapse of the case against the man accused of murdering lesbian Phelokazi Mqathanya.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/02/02/murdered-khayelitsha-womans-family-say-justice-system-failed-them/feed/ 0 Khayelitsha lesbian hate crime murder case postponed 14 times since May https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/01/22/khayelitsha-lesbian-hate-crime-murder-case-postponed-14-times-since-may/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/01/22/khayelitsha-lesbian-hate-crime-murder-case-postponed-14-times-since-may/#respond Sun, 22 Jan 2023 10:12:40 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=111262 The trial of the man accused of committing a hate crime when he allegedly fatally stabbed Phelokazi Mqathanya, is set to finally start.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/01/22/khayelitsha-lesbian-hate-crime-murder-case-postponed-14-times-since-may/feed/ 0 Delay in lesbian murder case as Khayelitsha court runs out of paper https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/05/13/delay-in-lesbian-murder-case-as-khayelitsha-court-runs-out-of-paper/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/05/13/delay-in-lesbian-murder-case-as-khayelitsha-court-runs-out-of-paper/#respond Fri, 13 May 2022 10:31:50 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=108572 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.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/05/13/delay-in-lesbian-murder-case-as-khayelitsha-court-runs-out-of-paper/feed/ 0 Khayelitsha police are failing the queer community, say activists https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/03/09/khayelitsha-police-are-failing-the-queer-community-say-activists/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/03/09/khayelitsha-police-are-failing-the-queer-community-say-activists/#respond Wed, 09 Mar 2022 16:44:07 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=108002 Activists have threatened to shut down the Khayelitsha police station unless the SAPS changes the way police deal with the queer community.

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