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The South African NCGLE’s Equality and Human Rights Awards 1999.

 The purpose of the award is to honour individuals and/or organisations that have made significant contributions to human rights and freeedom of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people living with HIV/AIDS in Africa. In future, award recipients will be honoured at an annual event in South Africa. Through this award, the NCGLE hope to offer public recognition to a wide array of organisations and individuals who have worked hard, often without support in the struggle for the human rights of lesbian and gay people and people living with HIV/AIDS....MORE

Queer African renaissance

On 'Q', the Mail and Guardian's gay and lesbian website Robert Colman portrayed Zodwa Shongwe.

At 27 years old Zodwa Shongwe is Human Relations Manager and Acting General Manager of Windybrow Theatre in Johannesburg. But perhaps a greater achievement is how she has reconciled her traditional African beliefs with her out lesbian identity. The way she sees it, there is no clash between them. She speaks about herself with a warm and open smile of self assurance...MORE