YOUR TOP 10 GALLERIES OF 2012
We weren’t too surprised that many of the most popular galleries we published last year featured gorgeous men in various states of undress, but you were also fascinated by events such as Pride, Mr. Gay World and Mr. Gay South Africa.
YOUR TOP 10 FEATURE ARTICLES OF 2012
The year saw you devouring stories about barebacking, being ‘fat and fem’, and efforts to erode our rights, plus interviews with SA’s gay porn star, Mr. Gay World 2012 and pop sensation Toya Delazy.
YOUR TOP 10 NEWS STORIES OF 2012
2012 saw the first Mr. Gay World competition to be held in Africa, a spike in local LGBT hate crimes, the Joburg Pride protest furore and South Africa’s first openly-gay Olympian. Take a step back in time with your 10 most-read news articles of 2012.
MAMBA SPINS
‘Tis the season to be giving music! To help you out, here’s our take on the latest releases from Robbie Williams, Taylor Swift, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, Calvin Harris and Rita Ora, plus a boy band compilation.
MEET TY KEOGH: THE CLARINSMEN MAMBA SEXIEST MAN 2012
After almost 9,000 votes your choice was clear: The Wild’s Ty Keogh is the gay community’s undisputed sexiest local celeb. In an exclusive interview with Mambaonline, the drop-dead gorgeous yet accessible and humble actor opens up to us about taking the title, his battle with addiction and who his secret man-crush is…
MAMBA MOTORING: THE GOLF CABRIO RETURNS
There’s nothing better than open-topped motoring. And there’s no shortage of convertibles on the South African market, but one of the latest and surely one of the most iconic, is the new VW Golf Cabrio.
RELIVING GAGA’S JOBURG BALL
Mother Monster, aka Lady Gaga, hit Johannesburg with a bang last weekend, leaving all of the city’s gay citizens ecstatically stunned. If you didn’t make the show, Carla De Bouchet relives one of the finest concerts ever put on in Jozi.
Q&A: FLOURISH
Up-and-coming Cape Town electro pop duo Flourish is making quite the splash in Jozi, and will be performing at the upcoming ClarinsMEN Mamba Sexiest Man Party. We got the dirt on the guys who, it turns out, are much more than just band-mates…
CATCHING UP WITH TAMARA
We caught up with electro dance diva Tamara Dey ahead of her performance – together with the rest of the Flash Republic gang – at the upcoming MCQP mega costume bash in Cape Town. She talked about her love for the gays and kissing girls (and liking it).
WORLD AIDS DAY 2012: FINDING YOUR MEANING
World AIDS Day comes around once a year and, as is the case with so many other annual events, there’s a tendency for us to become jaded and to not pay too much attention to its significance.