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PROFILES |
 A
leading light of gay and AIDS activism in South Africa
Mark Gevisser
Simon
Tseko Nkoli , 41 died of an AIDS–related illness on Monday
November 30, on the eve of World AIDS Day. He did not live
to see South Africa`s leaders, finally, taking the epidemic
seriously – something he had been raging at them about for
years. But if there is tragedy in this, there is also Nkoli`s
sense of timing and feel for publicity: if he had to die,
he might as well put his passing to good use.
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Donna
Smith - BTM Online Counsellor
DONNA
A M SMITH is a 16 year veteran of the Jamaican Bar, who recently
relocated to South Africa. Apart from running her own law
firm for the last six of those years, Donna was also a pioneer
in the fields of Conflict Resolution and Youth Empowerment,
as well as a passionate gay rights activist. MORE
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Zackie
Achmat
'I
couldn't believe a disease could kill fags, prostitutes and
blacks.' I had the President's position before and that's
probably what led me to become infected.' A profile on leading
South African activist Zackie Achmat. Profile
Simon
Nkoli - gay, black, anti-apartheid activist, Aids activist
Bart Luirink
Simon
Nkoli died on the eve of World Aids Day, the 30th
of November, only 41 years young. This final act made headline
news in the newspapers and on television. The first South
African to openly declare he had Aids had suddenly put a human
face to the frightening statistics that bombard us from the
media... MORE
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 Breaking
the silence in Zambia
A
year and a half ago a young man came out publicly to
the Zambian nation and said: 'Now look here, I am gay
and I am proud of it.' But oops there was trouble there
after and his peace was history. Behind The Mask correspondent
Dumisani M.Dube reports from Harare ...
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 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 Theater 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...
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