SA Fashion Week Spring Summer 2016 menswear
SA Fashion Week recently presented its Spring Summer 2016 collections in Johannesburg. These included an exciting and extensive line-up of menswear. Olé Ledimo of House of Olé combined wearable art with street art, Naked Ape brought night and day together in a collection inspired by the Moses Mabida Stadium, while Ephymol wowed the audience with […]
Stiaan Louw and WeTheBrave will “cover your butt”
Menswear designer Stiaan Louw and WeTheBrave have launched the unique homoerotic Cover Your Butt campaign which brings together male underwear and sexual health. Louw’s limited edition range of underwear visually represents the concept of “covering your butt” through safer sex and the use of PrEP amongst gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM). “My […]
Meet the Mr Mardi Gras SA 2016 finalists & vote for your fave
Now you can influence who will represent South Africa at Mr Gay World next year. Public voting for the contestants in the Mr Mardi Gras South Africa (MRMGSA) pageant is open. The event will take place in Knysna on Friday 29 April as part of the Pink Loerie Arts & Culture Festival. Your votes will […]
Justice Edwin Cameron: African LGBTIQs are standing up
In April 2008, the body of 31-year old Eudy Simelane, a soccer player on South Africa’s national women’s team, was found in a field in KwaThema township outside Johannesburg. She had been gang-raped and died from multiple stab wounds. She is one of many victims in a series of hate-based rapes and murders targeting black […]
Peter Tatchell: The new ‘left-wing’ McCarthyism?
Sectarian smears and fabrications have no place in progressive politics writes veteran British human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. The future of progressive politics is under threat, again. But this time from the left. Historically, socialists and greens have made gains by building broad alliances around a common goal, such as the campaigns against the poll […]
Health: Have you loved your nuts today?
April is testicular cancer awareness month. Why should you care? Because it’s the most common cancer in men under the age of 45; most often affecting those between the ages of 15 and 38. Despite being highly treatable if caught early, most men don’t know how to check their balls for this potentially deadly disease […]
Disturbing turn as SA Film & Publications Board refuses to condemn Kenyan homophobia
South Africa’s Film and Publications Board (FPB) has told Mambaonline that it will not condemn its Kenyan counterpart’s persecution of LGBT people. Earlier this month, we reported that the FPB had signed an agreement with the homophobic Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) to collaborate in censoring content, specifically online material. The KFCB has a history […]
Lesbian & Gay Marriage in South Africa: Part 2 – Second Class Citizens
Despite being legally afforded equal rights in South Africa, same-sex couples continue to be treated like second-class citizens by our government. While we remain the only country in Africa to boast full marriage equality under the Civil Unions Act of 2006, how does this translate into everyday life for LGBT South Africans? In the first […]
2016 Joburg Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week menswear collections
Here’s our selection of the hottest fashion trends from the Autumn Winter menswear collections on show at the recent Joburg Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, held at Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton. David Tlale’s underwear designs for Jockey were underwhelming but the models were something to marvel at. Our favourite collections were by Augustine and Scalo – modern […]
An open letter to Thabo Mbeki on his Aids denialism
Sanele Sano Ngcobo is a University of Pretoria junior lecturer. He is an executive member of the International Academy of Physician Assistants and the Secretary General of Professional Association of Clinical Associates in South Africa. Dear Honourable Thabo Mbeki, In response to your latest letter, I would like to challenge you to admit that you […]