ANTI-GAY VIOLENCE ON THE RISE IN RUSSIA
In the run up to the Sochi Winter Olympic Games, Human Rights Watch has reported a “deteriorating situation of widespread and concerted abuse against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and activists” in Russia. LGBT victims of violence and groups have told Human Rights Watch that stigma, harassment, and violence in their everyday lives […]
MOTORING: A PANDA FOR THE TOWN
When people ask what I do for a living, I can usually place a pretty safe bet on what the follow-up question will be… “So, what’s the best car you’ve driven?” That, though, is a difficult question to answer. However, if it comes down to one of the most fun day-to-day cars I’ve ever driven, […]
MR & MISS SIMPLY BLUE 2014 GALLERY
Last year, Simply Blue nightclub in Johannesburg crowned the titleholders in its tenth annual Mr and Miss Simply Blue pageant over two fun and glam nights in December. Musa Bhengu took home the Mr Simply Blue title while the spectacular Precious sashayed off with the Miss Simply crown. Congrats to the winners!
BIPHOBIA – THE FINAL FRONTIER?
My grandfather used to joke that being bi doubled your chances of a date on a Saturday night (something apparently first said by Woody Allen, I later discovered). Actually, what I think it might do is halve your chances. It seems to me that hating on bisexuals is one of the last prejudices still standing […]
CAPE TOWN PRIDE 2014: ALL THE DETAILS
LGBTI Pride is coming to the tip of the African continent once again, as Cape Town celebrates Pride 2014 from 21 February to 2 March. The 10-day festival comprises of a host of community-orientated events that are free of charge as well as other exclusive events that attract the more well-heeled members of the LGBTI […]
MR GSA 2014 GRAND FINALE GALLERY
The search to find Mr Gay South Africa 2014 came to a climax on 13 December 2013 at a ceremony at the Cape Quarter in the Mother City. Twenty-six-year-old cape Town accountant Werner de Waal took home the title and will represent South Africa at the Mr Gay World competition in Rome in August. The first […]
HEALTH: ORAL EXAM
“She thinks fellatio is a character in Shakespeare” – Cherry Falls (2000). Just how much do you really know about the ancient practice of oral sex, more specifically, the delicate art of fellatio? Fellatio or fellation, also known as a blowjob (BJ), giving head or sucking off, is the act of using your mouth or […]
MAMBA TOP 20 NEWS STORIES OF 2013
The news this year was dominated by a host of international celebrities coming out (locally, our own celebs stayed firmly immune from the phenomenon), incidents of local homophobia, endless Joburg Pride drama and of course more horrific attacks on lesbian women. Mr Gay South Africa featured often as did the now famous gay “traditional” African […]
MAMBA’S TOP 20 FEATURES OF 2013
Our popular features in 2013 were wide in their scope and included topics such as handy tips in the bedroom, interviews with notable people in our community and the personal experiences of both a rape survivor and a victim of homophobic oppression in Zimbabwe. Here are our 20 most read feature articles of the past […]
MOTORING: BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 3
What happens when you take a humdrum compact saloon and fit it with a motor powerful enough to change the tide? You get the BMW 335i – a twin-turbocharged fire-breathing family sedan which can blow your head off in the same way it can outrun performance-oriented cars with the subtlety of a mouse knocking on […]