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2013 August 9: For the love of sport activism
by Dikeledi Sibanda Where: Antwerp, Belgium What: 2013 World Outgames When: 31 July – 11 Aug. First of let me acknowledge the National Women’s Day to all the women in South Africa, it is hard for me to...
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2013 July 31: Highlights from World Outgames Human Rights conference and after
L-R: Alice N’Kom, a lawyer and founder of an LGBTI organization in Cameroon called Association Pour la Defense De l’ Homosexualite (ADEFHO) with Virginia Setshedi.(31.07.2013) Photos by Dikeledi...
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2013 Aug. 20: Lesbian Activist Survives Stabbing
Report by Thekwane Bongi Mpisholo 14th Aug. 2013: Johannesburg A black lesbian activist aged 26 was attacked and stabbed by one of the elderly men in her neighbourhood, in her township of Vosloorus....
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2013 Aug. 22: I Spoke to My Heart…
I spoke to my heart told him of the imaginable tales of sadness and frustration… Emphasised that his desires are fictious nonsense that will never reach the ears of God… Whispered that he shall seek...
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2013 Aug. 22: Am exactly where I’m supposed to be
by Amogelang Senokwane My name is Amogelang Precious Senokwane, the only daughter of the late Dimakatso Senokoane and Ralebese Ruiter. I was born on the 3rd March, 1987 at Hoopstad Hospital in Free...
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2013 Aug. 27: Because I am
by Tinashe Wakapila It’s no beautiful melody when you hear a politician promising everything but a human being’s life First it was ‘worse than dogs and pigs’, i thought oh well, i have enough on my...
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2013 Sept. 11: Baby, last night was great for me
Selogadi Mampane, the artist gave the audience the best performance… Photos by Collen Mfazwe … captured at exhibition opening What: CRITICALLY QUEER is a group exhibition curated by Jabulani Chen...
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2013 Sept. 11: The touch
by Thulielove Gifted Hands Sodumo I could lose and find myself in a woman’s touch. It makes me turn in and out of myself. The soft feather light touches. So deliberate and meant The softness of the...
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2013 Sept. 17: The streets
by Tshidi ‘Latifah’ Mokhele I want to walk free in the streets… The streets of my Freedom fighters… the streets that gave birth to my great grandfathers and mothers. I am talking about the streets of...
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2013 Sept. 21: Waiting
I can’t wait for that year when I will not hear of a lesbian murder, I can’t wait for that week when there will be no lesbian attacked. I am praying for that moment when these so-called men who kill,...
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2013 Oct. 18: Collaborations are essential
by Lerato Dumse Four days after the opening of the 2013 Carnegie International. An exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA), which features 35 artists from around...
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2013 Oct. 18: Transition is in your hands
by Sbu Kheswa This piece is inspired by Njabulo Masuku’s article: Frustrations of a transgender man. Boy, I can really feel your frustration. The challenge is that there are many other transgender...
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2013 Oct. 22: I thought university was for the rich
Palesa profiled by Kopano Palesa Mkhwebane is a beauty with a brain. The aspiring entrepreneur tells me of her future plans as we chit chat. She ponders and says “I didn’t know I was going to go to...
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2013 Oct. 27: fo(u)nd
A Public Service Announcement (PSA) to end hate crimes in South Africa. It is an activist/ artist’s direct response to the epidemic of ‘curative rapes’ and murders of black lesbians in SA today. Video...
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2013 Oct. 26: Sandton Pride photos
Photos by Akhona Hailele (26.10.203) About the photographer Akhona Hailele was born on the 6th of November 1989 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape and later moved to King Williams Town. Hailele then moved...
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2013 Oct. 31: CC in conversation with Rene’
In this Episode 1: CC chats with Rene about her work, art and writing… Previous on Rene 2013 Feb. 7: Art Is Where the HeART is and 2013 Oct. 10: Marang a Letsatsi exhibit review and 2013...
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2013 Nov. 2: The best performance of Athi Patra Ruga in Paris
Performing The Future white woman of Azania. Procession-deambulation of d’Athi Patra Ruga. Video taken with iPhone 4 by Valerie Thomas in Paris. More on Athi Patra Ruga
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2013 Nov. 4: From Market Photo Workshop to Bremen University
by Fikile Mazambani Zanele Muholi’s name has become synonymous with her visual activism which she calls “Visual/ Art activism – an artistic approach to hate crimes” such that one can almost...
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2013 Nov. 4: My Father’s Son
by S’bu Kheswa Pointing at me “UBusi ka S’gara – this is Busi, S’gara’s daughter” said Sis Fiki, one of the aunties in my neighbourhood. This is some thirty years ago, I don’t even know what they were...
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2013 Nov. 7: Meet the Mabe’s, the loving couple
by Zandile Makhubu They are no strangers to the media world. Kally and Sam Mabe are a legally married lesbian couple, who shot to fame when they got married and publicised their union on various...
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