Iranti board chairperson Tashwill Esterhuizen knows what it means to fight for LGBTI rights in a courtroom. And he knows the value of advocacy to ensure those rights are translated into a lived reality on the ground. Esterhuizen, who was born on the Cape Flats, moved to Johannesburg from Cape Town less than a decade…
By Nomsa Manzini LGBTI+ activists from across Gauteng gathered at Constitution Hill on Wednesday April 26 to call for #JusticeForQueerSA. People gathered from early in the evening. Iranti Programmes Manager Ntuthuzo Ndzomo said the queer community needed to unite to fight hate crimes. “We must challenge government officials to take a stand on hate crimes,”…
May 25, 2021 Africa will not be free until all its people are free and LGBTI persons are allowed to live their lives without fear, says South African-based advocacy organisation Iranti. “Across the continent we see countries acting against law-abiding citizens because they do not conform to a heteronormative view of the world. Yet perpetrators of gender-based…
By Welcome Mandla Lishivha Has the Constitution fulfilled its promise of dignity for all? This was the question posed at a “We The People Round Table Series” hosted by Constitution Hill and the Nelson Mandela Foundation on 21 May 2021 on Zoom. The discussion took place twenty-five years after the South African Constitution came into…
Queer stories are not being represented in the South African media landscape with most stories showing a skewed, stereotyped view of queer lives. This was the view of panelists speaking on a National Film and Video Foundation panel discussion focusing on “Embracing Diversity for Queer storytelling” moderated by creative producer Makgano Mamabolo on Friday May…
In late 2020 and early 2021, members of the Iranti team had the great privilege of traveling across South Africa on a partnership-building and fact-finding mission as part of our ongoing Margins to Mainstream project. The project, which seeks to more effectively document and respond to trans, gender-diverse and intersex rights violations in Gauteng, North…
MEDIA STATEMENT 16 May 2021 For immediate release Lives are at stake: LGBTIQ+ sector awaits promised response from Dept of Justice on hate murders On 5 May, civil society organisations (CSOs) from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex (LGBTIQ+) sector met online with the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Ronald Lamola, and other members…
Iranti joined representatives of civil society stakeholders in Gauteng on Wednesday to host a press conference highlighting the brutal Hate Crimes witnessed across the country in recent weeks. Iranti, Out LGBT, GALA, FEW, and The Other Foundation met media at Constitutional Hill to call on the government and police to take serious action against the…
South Africa, it is enough 21 APRIL 2021 – Over the past two and half months, South Africa’s LGBTIQ+ community has been rocked by a series of brutal hate crimes against its members – from KwaZulu-Natal to Gauteng, from the Eastern Cape to the Western Cape. At least six lives – that we know of…
Community pays tribute to a beloved LGBTI son By Sibusiso Kheswa Friends, family, activists, and community members gathered in KwaNobuhle in Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape on Saturday, April 17, to say goodbye to a beloved son murdered earlier in the month.Andile “Lulu” Ntuthela was remembered as a young leader who set an example for…
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