by Jabulane Dube 21/8/2008
SOUTH AFRICA � August 21, 2008: Frustration and tension rose outside the Wynburg magistrate court, north of Johannesburg, where human rights groups picketed against the handling of Busisiwe Tlokwe�s rape trial last week.
�PARADING HOMOPHOBIA AND PREJUDICE AS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION� SOUTH AFRICA � 26 March 2010: Gay rights groups have stated that Sandile Memela�s defence for arts and culture minister Lulu Xingwana cannot go unchallenged. This after Memela, Senior Marketing Manager at the Department of Arts and Culture defended Xingwana saying that the �brouhaha� over her stance on what she perceived to be pornographic art, exposes the danger of interest groups who
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AFRICA; ASKING THE HARD QUESTIONS; THE NOT SO SIMPLE QUESTIONS Why is it so important for Nigeria, Uganda and now, Malawi to squander public resources in the repression of homosexuals and lesbians citizens within these African nations? It is just astonishing that some African nations focus on the persecution of homosexuals, gays and lesbians, instead of the more important focus on continental development. [more]
Director Rituparno Ghosh
