Siya Khumalo, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/siya-khumalo/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:25:13 +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 Siya Khumalo, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/siya-khumalo/ 32 32 Opinion: How Queer South Africans Can Make Government Their Side Hustle https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/06/12/opinion-how-queer-south-africans-can-make-government-their-side-hustle/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/06/12/opinion-how-queer-south-africans-can-make-government-their-side-hustle/#respond Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:13:49 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=122180 In this thought-provoking opinion piece, author and commentator Siya Khumalo challenges us to move beyond rainbow capitalism and symbolic inclusion.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/06/12/opinion-how-queer-south-africans-can-make-government-their-side-hustle/feed/ 0 Siya Khumalo: Minister Ntshavheni shows how fashionable it is to throw platitudes at the LGBTI+ community around Pride Month https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/05/31/siya-khumalo-minister-ntshavheni-shows-how-fashionable-it-is-to-throw-platitudes-at-the-lgbti-community-around-pride-month/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/05/31/siya-khumalo-minister-ntshavheni-shows-how-fashionable-it-is-to-throw-platitudes-at-the-lgbti-community-around-pride-month/#respond Wed, 31 May 2023 16:57:28 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=112683 The South African government must offer more than token gestures of solidarity to the LGBTI+ community this Pride Month, writes Siya Khumalo.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/11/12/why-the-lgbti-community-should-fight-for-economic-and-systemic-redress/feed/ 1 Siya Khumalo | LGBTI People Are Already Being Killed Over B-BBEE — But Do We Realize This? https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/04/28/siya-khumalo-lgbti-people-are-already-being-killed-over-b-bbee-but-do-we-realize-this/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/04/28/siya-khumalo-lgbti-people-are-already-being-killed-over-b-bbee-but-do-we-realize-this/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2021 09:20:46 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=104426 Corruption and the murders of LGBTI people are connected and can be addressed using B-BBEE to challenge hegemonic power, writes Siya Khumalo.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/04/28/siya-khumalo-lgbti-people-are-already-being-killed-over-b-bbee-but-do-we-realize-this/feed/ 1 Siya Khumalo | 5 Reasons B-BBEE legislation should incentivise LGBTI inclusion and visibility https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/04/07/siya-khumalo-5-reasons-b-bbee-legislation-should-incentivise-lgbti-inclusion-and-visibility/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/04/07/siya-khumalo-5-reasons-b-bbee-legislation-should-incentivise-lgbti-inclusion-and-visibility/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2021 15:52:34 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=104157 Siya Khumalo asks if the resurgence of hate crimes calls for LGBTI inclusion into legislation like Employment Equity and Skills Development.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/04/07/siya-khumalo-5-reasons-b-bbee-legislation-should-incentivise-lgbti-inclusion-and-visibility/feed/ 4 Beloftebos Wedding Venue: Heterosexism and Colonial Christianity https://www.mambaonline.com/2020/01/20/beloftebos-wedding-venue-heterosexism-and-colonial-christianity/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2020/01/20/beloftebos-wedding-venue-heterosexism-and-colonial-christianity/#respond Mon, 20 Jan 2020 09:24:16 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=98499 In the wake of the religious homophobia that led the Beloftebos wedding venue to reject a same-sex couple, author Siya Khumalo looks at the roots of toxic Christianity.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2020/01/20/beloftebos-wedding-venue-heterosexism-and-colonial-christianity/feed/ 0 Opinion | The news headline should have screamed ‘Murder’ https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/10/14/opinion-the-news-headline-should-have-screamed-murder/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/10/14/opinion-the-news-headline-should-have-screamed-murder/#respond Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:02:49 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=97106 It's reported that Uganda plans to introduce a bill that will impose the death penalty on LGBTQ people. Siya Khumalo looks at the religious basis for the proposed law and says South Africa must speak out against this injustice.

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