Features Archives - MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/category/features/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:05:08 +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 Features Archives - MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/category/features/ 32 32 No Arrests, No Answers – Just Silence: One Year Since Imam Muhsin Hendricks’ Murder https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/02/12/no-arrests-no-answers-just-silence-one-year-since-imam-muhsin-hendricks-murder/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/02/12/no-arrests-no-answers-just-silence-one-year-since-imam-muhsin-hendricks-murder/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:15:53 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=127071 One year after Imam Muhsin Hendricks’ murder, no arrests have been made, no progress announced. The silence is deafening.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/02/12/no-arrests-no-answers-just-silence-one-year-since-imam-muhsin-hendricks-murder/feed/ 1 Opinion: Queer Safety is Not a Straight Line – SA’s Migration Reforms and LGBTQIA+ Refugees https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/02/11/opinion-queer-safety-is-not-a-straight-line-sas-migration-reforms-and-lgbtqia-refugees/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/02/11/opinion-queer-safety-is-not-a-straight-line-sas-migration-reforms-and-lgbtqia-refugees/#respond Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:28:38 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=127003 How South Africa’s White Paper on immigration could impact LGBTQIA+ refugees and asylum seekers seeking safety, dignity and protection.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/02/11/opinion-queer-safety-is-not-a-straight-line-sas-migration-reforms-and-lgbtqia-refugees/feed/ 0 Study Exposes Deep Gaps in Gender-Affirming Healthcare in South Africa https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/02/07/study-exposes-deep-gaps-in-gender-affirming-healthcare-in-south-africa/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/02/07/study-exposes-deep-gaps-in-gender-affirming-healthcare-in-south-africa/#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2026 09:08:24 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=126962 Study exposes inequality in gender-affirming care in South Africa, with long waits, limited access and urgent calls for health system reform.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/02/07/study-exposes-deep-gaps-in-gender-affirming-healthcare-in-south-africa/feed/ 1 Op-Ed: Becoming Whole – Why Spiritual and Sexual Identity Development Must Be Fought for Together https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/02/06/op-ed-becoming-whole-why-spiritual-and-sexual-identity-development-must-be-fought-for-together/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/02/06/op-ed-becoming-whole-why-spiritual-and-sexual-identity-development-must-be-fought-for-together/#respond Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:36:45 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=126943 Becoming Whole: Davis Mac-Iyalla on why spiritual and sexual identity development must be fought for together for LGBTQ+ dignity.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/02/06/op-ed-becoming-whole-why-spiritual-and-sexual-identity-development-must-be-fought-for-together/feed/ 0 Queer Relationships: Lookism, Pretty Privilege and Seeing Beyond the Mirror https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/02/04/queer-relationships-lookism-pretty-privilege-and-seeing-beyond-the-mirror/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/02/04/queer-relationships-lookism-pretty-privilege-and-seeing-beyond-the-mirror/#respond Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:14:52 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=126902 In this deeply personal reflection, Bruce J. Little examines how lookism and “pretty privilege” shape queer desire, dating and self-worth.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/02/04/queer-relationships-lookism-pretty-privilege-and-seeing-beyond-the-mirror/feed/ 0 South Africa LGBTIQ+ Rights Watch: December 2025 https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/01/26/south-africa-lgbtiq-rights-watch-december-2025/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/01/26/south-africa-lgbtiq-rights-watch-december-2025/#respond Mon, 26 Jan 2026 05:58:31 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=126769 An overview of LGBTIQ+ rights violations, hate speech incidents and updates in South Africa in December 2025, compiled by MambaOnline.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/01/26/south-africa-lgbtiq-rights-watch-december-2025/feed/ 0 Regina Blaque Is Dragging the News — and Refusing to Let Queer Lives Be Erased https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/01/23/regina-blaque-is-dragging-the-news-and-refusing-to-let-queer-lives-be-erased/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/01/23/regina-blaque-is-dragging-the-news-and-refusing-to-let-queer-lives-be-erased/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:50:50 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=126750 Regina Blaque brings drag, wit and activism to MambaOnline with Drag the News — reclaiming queer stories and refusing to let lives be forgotten.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/01/23/regina-blaque-is-dragging-the-news-and-refusing-to-let-queer-lives-be-erased/feed/ 1 Op-Ed: Sacred, Not Sinful – Why LGBTIQ Identity Is Rooted in West African Spirituality https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/01/16/op-ed-spirituality-and-lgbtiq-identity-in-west-africa/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/01/16/op-ed-spirituality-and-lgbtiq-identity-in-west-africa/#respond Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:43:59 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=126653 As West Africa passes new anti-LGBTIQ laws, Nana Davis Mac-Iyalla explores how Indigenous spirituality affirms queer identity and challenges colonial homophobia.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/01/16/op-ed-spirituality-and-lgbtiq-identity-in-west-africa/feed/ 0 In Pictures: Tropical Disko Turns Cape Town’s Inner City into a Queer Dance Floor https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/12/29/in-pictures-tropical-disko-turns-cape-towns-inner-city-into-a-queer-dance-floor/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/12/29/in-pictures-tropical-disko-turns-cape-towns-inner-city-into-a-queer-dance-floor/#respond Mon, 29 Dec 2025 16:09:33 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=126493 Tropical Disko lit up Cape Town with a 12-hour queer-friendly disco festival featuring drag, house and electronic music. Check out the photos!

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/12/29/in-pictures-tropical-disko-turns-cape-towns-inner-city-into-a-queer-dance-floor/feed/ 0 Opinion: When Power Puts Its Hands on a Child https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/12/29/opinion-when-power-puts-its-hands-on-a-child/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/12/29/opinion-when-power-puts-its-hands-on-a-child/#respond Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:12:20 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=126487 Conversion therapy doesn’t only happen in clinics. This article exposes how churches use faith to harm LGBTQ+ children in South Africa.

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